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> This model is only a few orders of magnitude away from that I think you can add several orders of magnitude to that since nerve cells are more like microcont
by tralarpa 5y ago
> This model is only a few orders of magnitude away from that
I think you can add several orders of magnitude to that since nerve cells are more like microcontrollers (with memory, adaptation etc.) than simple nodes. I remember a scientific article that made a big impression on me: when a dragon fly sees a prey, only 8 neurons (connected to the eyes and the wings) are responsible for keeping it oriented toward the target.
- azeirah 5y agoI'm not educated well enough to really agree or disagree with your idea that we should be adding several orders of magnitude to the estimation. But I did encounter this article a while ago here on HN. Only two neurons are necessary to ride a bicycle. http://paradise.caltech.edu/cook/papers/TwoNeurons.pdf http://paradise.caltech.edu/cook/papers/TwoNeurons.pdf
- lostmsu 5y agoFor all we know these microcontrollers may be that complicated only because they try to emulate discrete logic, and you actually need hundreds of them to make a single unit reliable enough for that purpose.