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

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As soon as I saw the word "wetware" my mind started picturing all of this like some shit you'd see in a Cronenberg film lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Haha, yep. My thoughts followed that same exact path while reading that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I, for one, welcome our hideously deformed, puss-dripping, biological computer overlords.

Long live the new flesh!