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The thought that we are maybe two decades away from having the computing power to simulate a human brain in realtime (and much more than that subsequently) is a
by pervycreeper 13y ago
The thought that we are maybe two decades away from having the computing power to simulate a human brain in realtime (and much more than that subsequently) is astounding, even in this age of technological wonder.
- cabalamat 13y agoAssuming (1) it's parallelisable (2) this is an accurate enough similation, and (3) a whole human brain is 100 times bigger, we'd need 406083k*100 processors which is about 20 billion. We could do it now (hardware-wise), if we really wanted to.
- pervycreeper 13y agoAdmittedly, I was just spitballing from the parent poster's numbers. But the idea that brain simulation is not that far off still seems plausible given those extra considerations.
- mischanix 13y agoIf each processor draws down 50 Watts, 20 billion of them would draw 1 TW. The US uses on average ~3 TW across every power source (including e.g. combustion engines).
- coldarchon 13y agoadd another decade until we have the right software then ..