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Your iPhone is far more complex than an ENIAC; the only difference is that its transistors are much smaller. To make an iPhone using ENIAC-sized transistors you
by DougWebb 5y ago
Your iPhone is far more complex than an ENIAC; the only difference is that its transistors are much smaller. To make an iPhone using ENIAC-sized transistors you'd probably fill a building, or city block, or even more.
Neurons, on the other hand, are pretty much the same size in all animals. So brain size, neuron count, and neuron interconnectivity, all correlate with mental complexity.
- brudgers 5y agoCircuit boards are pretty much the same thickness for devices of vastly different computational capability. Similarly chips of similar dimensions can vary greatly in power. But more tellingly, circuit boards with fewer chips are often more sophisticated than bigger boards with more chips. There is no guarantee that number of neurons is a meaningful way of estimating computational power…a ziplock full of neurons doesn’t show much intelligence.