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Supercomputer that simulates entire human brain will switch on in 2024 (www.westernsydney.edu.au)
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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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[โ€“] SCB 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's to study how the brain works by simulating it. There's been a lot of cool advances in AI architecture that can conceivably tell us a lot about brain function

I've been reading up a lot on how neuroscience is turning to AI to better understand brain function and it is super cool

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10053494/#:~:text=With%20respect%20to%20neuroscience%2C%20AI,neurological%20disorders%20early%20%5B23%5D.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The plot of SOMA