[ExI] cool! locals create circuit board modeled on the human brain

John Clark johnkclark at gmail.com
Thu May 1 16:53:27 UTC 2014


On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 12:06 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

 > We want the computer to do far more than our brain is doing.
>

Yes.


> > We have about 1E11 brain cells
>

And even with today's primitive technology we could pack about 10^10
transistors in the volume that just 2 of those neurons occupy, and the
signals that transistors use move nearly a billion times faster than the
signals brain cells use, and transistors keep getting better but brain
cells don't; so I have a hunch who will ultimately win the battle between
biology and electronics.

  John K Clark
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