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> "FMA" meaning "fused multiply-add". It's the unit that matters for synapse-equivalents. Neurons do so much more than a single math operation. A single cell c
by Jensson 2y ago
> "FMA" meaning "fused multiply-add". It's the unit that matters for synapse-equivalents.
Neurons do so much more than a single math operation. A single cell can act as an intelligent little animal on its own, they are nothing like a neural network "neuron".
And note that all neurons act in parallel, so they are billions times more parallel than GPU's even if the operations would be the same.
- ben_w 2y agoA synapse is the reference for FMA operations, not a whole neuron. > A single cell can act as an intelligent little animal on its own, they are nothing like a neural network "neuron". Unless any of those things contribute to human intelligence, they do not matter in this context. Cool, sure. Interesting, yes. But only important to exactly the degree to which any of that makes the human they're in smarter or dumber. To the extent they're independently intelligent, they're the homunculi in Searle's Chinese Room. > And note that all neurons act in parallel, so they are billions times more parallel than GPU's even if the operations would be the same. Order of ten million times faster on a linear basis while still a thousand parallel operations.