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Real AI will need Biology: Computers powered by Human Brain Cells

Real AI will need biology: computers powered by human brain cells
Credit: Frontiers in Science (2023). DOI: 10.3389/fsci.2023.1017235. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/science/articles/10.3389/fsci.2023.1017235

The time has come to create a new kind of computer, say researchers from John Hopkins University together with Dr. Brett Kagan, chief scientist at Cortical Labs in Melbourne, who recently led development of the DishBrain project, in which human cells in a petri dish learnt to play Pong.

In an article published today (March 1) in Frontiers in Science, the team outlines how biological computers could surpass today’s electronic computers for certain applications while using a small fraction of the electricity required by today’s computers and server farms.

They’re starting by making small clusters of 50,000 brain cells grown from stem c...

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