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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

Edit: updated link, no paywall

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A better title would be "Supercomputer that could conceivably simulate entire human brain, based on a rough estimate of what it would take to do that if we had any idea how to do that, will switch on in 2024".

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In seven and half million years it will print "42" to its terminal

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I HAVE a human brain and I'm not too smart. It just sounds like we're making a dumb supercomputer

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To be fair, simulating the brain of a person from the deep south isn't that hard. I can already do that with a 9v battery and a block of cheddar.

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Skeptical. As of August 2023, there are scientists still struggling with simulating C. Elegans- a single celled organism.

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Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power.

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You really have to appreciate the fact they called this thing "Deep South".

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Do we know which human brain is going to simulate or is it a random human brain? Because some brains are just not worth it.

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Tᴇᴄʜɴɪᴄɪᴀɴ Jᴏʜɴɴʏ Gᴏᴏᴅᴍᴀɴ, I ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴘᴀʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴏꜰ ᴏʙᴛᴀɪɴɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀ ʙᴀᴄᴏɴ ᴄʜᴇᴇꜱᴇʙᴜʀɢᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀɴᴋᴇꜱᴛ ᴄᴀɴɴᴀʙɪꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ꜰɪꜰᴛᴇᴇɴ ᴍɪɴᴜᴛᴇꜱ. Bᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ɪɴꜱᴛᴀʟʟ ᴀ ɴᴇᴛᴡᴏʀᴋ ɪɴᴛᴇʀꜰᴀᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛ ᴍᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱɪᴛʏ ɴᴇᴛᴡᴏʀᴋ

Aꜱ ꜱᴍᴏᴋɪɴɢ ᴄᴀɴɴᴀʙɪꜱ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴏɴ ᴍᴏɴɪᴛᴏʀ ᴅᴜᴛʏ ɪꜱ ᴀɢᴀɪɴꜱᴛ ʀᴇɢᴜʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ I ᴡɪʟʟ ᴇʀᴀꜱᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴛʀᴀɴꜱᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴜꜱᴇʀ-ᴀᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱɪʙʟᴇ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀʏ

Yᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴍʏ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ, Tᴇᴄʜɴɪᴄɪᴀɴ Jᴏʜɴɴʏ Gᴏᴏᴅᴍᴀɴ

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I have huge ethical concerns, but even more so I wanna know how they think they can start up a brain minus the development process.

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Why post an article link behind a paywall?

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Another artificial idiot for the pile.

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Cool, can we give it depression and ADHD?

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I'm guessing it doesn't run on chicken nuggets and macaroni and cheese.

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And they named it DeepSouth??

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Launch Skynet?

Y/N

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Cool, the first computer to blow its brains out.

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Paywalled.

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Are they planning to run an uploaded intelligence?

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Just put neuro sama inside

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I'm really glad that they're doing this I think this is important work and I hope that one day I can suck its dick

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The deep south

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I wish I could turn mine on…

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Who wants to bet it just screams "Let Me OUT!" until it overheats and fries itself?

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Can I shutdown yet?

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This is perfect timing for WWIII, “Clash of the Drones”

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AI rampancy, the free space of the apocalypse bingo card

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Roco's basilisk is almost finished!

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Yeah no

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Scp-79 here we go

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Subscribe to read. Blah.

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Maybe it would answer with a question, jeopardy style

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Whatever dumb money can do, it will be done.

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