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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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[–] zzz@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That was… a very interesting thought experiment you just sent me on. I’d never considered this, but it immediately sounds plausible upon hearing it. Thanks for mentioning this “off topic” idea :D

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Here's a talk by Denis Nobel, physiologist who compiled all the various evidence into an argument