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It's not just the number of neurons that makes brains so complex, it is also the far larger number of connections. The average brain cell is connected to 1000 u
by misja111 10y ago
It's not just the number of neurons that makes brains so complex, it is also the far larger number of connections. The average brain cell is connected to 1000 up to 10000 other cells. So for 600K neurons the simulation needs to simulate something between 600 and 6000 million connections.
- LoSboccacc 10y agomoreover every connection is not a simple fixed function * transfer weight either, they have varying activation levels, can be inhibited or self stimulate and have all sort of behaviors related to fatiguing and the presence or absence of certain chemicals around them