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Supercomputer that simulates entire human brain will switch on in 2024
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this post was submitted on 15 Dec 2023
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Are they planning to run an uploaded intelligence?
Are they planning to run uploaded anxiety?
It's to study how the brain works by simulating it. There's been a lot of cool advances in AI architecture that can conceivably tell us a lot about brain function
I've been reading up a lot on how neuroscience is turning to AI to better understand brain function and it is super cool
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10053494/#:~:text=With%20respect%20to%20neuroscience%2C%20AI,neurological%20disorders%20early%20%5B23%5D.
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