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Supercomputer that simulates entire human brain will switch on in 2024

www.westernsydney.edu.au Supercomputer that simulates entire human brain will switch on in 2024

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

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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In seven and half million years it will print "42" to its terminal
- What if we just type in 42 and let it think about that for seven and half million years?
  
  Maybe it would answer with the question, jeopardy style
  
  "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?"
  the derived question, theoretically
  "There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
  There is another theory which states that this has already happened."
  The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (book 2 of the 5-part trilogy)
  
  Okay, well - I've done it for you.
  
  GOFAI: "Pardon me?"
- All that because we didn't think of asking the question first. God damnit.

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