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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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[–] Jeknilah@monero.town 51 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Skeptical. As of August 2023, there are scientists still struggling with simulating C. Elegans- a single celled organism.

[–] BillyTheSkidMark@lemm.ee 44 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We don't even fully understand the brain itself, let alone how to recreate it.

This is token click bait scientific "journalism"

[–] jarfil@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What's the progress of the Human Connectome Project?

[–] SineSwiper@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago

If Devs was to be believed, it could totally predict the behavior patterns of that single-celled organism 20 seconds into the future. :rollseyes: