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Supercomputer that simulates entire human brain will switch on in 2024 (www.westernsydney.edu.au)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by tsonfeir@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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A neuromorphic supercomputer called DeepSouth will be capable of 228 trillion synaptic operations per second, which is on par with the estimated number of operations in the human brain

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[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Every time someone says they have a computer that’s better than humans, I make a plan in my head to dunk on it. No computer will ever understand the concept of slam dunks.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

I never thought I would use a phrase like this, but it looks like I have something in common with the Deep South