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KAMassive breakthrough…Scientists are using living brain cells to build computers that are ALIVE!
This is a brand new industry of technology called biocomputing.
These are real human neurons that can actually think and learn for themselves.
When scientists combine them with silicon chips they bring the computer to life.
Now if you’re like me, you’re probably wondering one thing…
Why are scientists doing this?
It feels a bit much to be growing human brains just to put them inside of computers.
Well listen to this…it turns out, human brain cells have extremely rare abilities to process things without being trained.
Normal computers need to be taught how to solve certain problems.
It’s why AI models take so much energy and training data to build.
But as soon as you add brain cells to a computer chip, they don’t really need as much training.
They kinda start figuring out what to do on their own, just like a human would.
Now because of this, these biocomputers are super efficient.
A regular supercomputer might use 40M watts of power to solve a complex task.
The human brain can do it in just 20.
That’s 2M times more efficient.
And this means these biocomputers could become the secret weapon to solving humanity’s hardest computational challenges.
But…there is just one massive problem…
Brain cells tend to die when their temperature deviates from 98.6 degrees.
And computers generate a ton of heat.
So we have this wild situation where living computers might be the solve for everything, but it’s almost impossible to keep the brain part alive.
Today, companies like Cortical Labs are selling these biocomputers for $35,000.
But over time, scientists are gonna figure out how to get them stable & more accessible.
It’s wild to say but I think soon we’re gonna have living computers that literally think like humans.
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