[ExI] Commercially Available Biocomputer

[Stuart LaForge]

In case you had any doubts that we are living in the Sci-Fi future of 
our youth, a company named Cortical Labs is selling biocomputers that 
run off of a biological neural network (BNN) of human neurons grown on a 
chip. It can be programmed using a full-featured API written in Python 
called CL-API. The company's website features several papers describing 
their technology as well as a Youtube video showing human neurons 
playing the first-person shooter videogame Doom. Their biocomputer 
called the CL-1 retails for $35k but for large orders, they will lower 
the price to $20K per unit. Apparently, the biological neural networks 
learn how to play videogames faster than artificial neural networks. One 
of the developers of the technology named Steve Furber at the University 
of Manchester, UK says, "There is still a lot we don’t understand about 
how these neurons are playing the game, such as how the neurons know 
what is expected of them or how they can “see” the screen with no eyes."

https://corticallabs.com/research
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRV8fSw6HaE

What an amazing time to be alive.

Stuart LaForge