Earlier quoted context omitted.
That shows that the author understands nothing about either Bitcoin or neurons.
Writing about strong interest from a bitcoin miner says more about the miner than the author.
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Human Brain Cells on Chip for Sale – First biocomputing platform hits the market
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Re: Human Brain Cells on Chip for Sale – First biocomputing platform hits the market
#22How does this compare to a conventional CPU or GPU in terms of flops per second? Or does this not present a traditional architecture?
> “However, the real gift of this technology is not to computer science. Rather, it’s an enabling technology that allows scientists to perform experiments on a little synthetic brain.”
It’s probably not directly mappable in any reasonable way. At least not until a lot more people get their hands on it and explore the possibilities.
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#23Have we learned nothing from the Borg?
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#24The article says: "The first 115 units will begin shipping this summer at $35,000 each" From Cortical's home page [1]: "We're a revolutionary biotech firm based in Melbourne, Australia." Melbourne is the capital city of the Australian state of Victoria. Part VIII, Section 38, paragraph (1) of the Victorian "Human Tissue Act 1982" says: "Subject to this section, a person shall not sell, or agree to sell, tissue (inclu…
It's all nepo.
If you're in the right circle you can do illegal stuff and it will be brushed off as "the cost of innovation".
If you're in the wrong circle you might get your company shut down because you can only consume up to 500 gallons of water a month unless you apply for a special permit and last month you did 501.5 gallons, or some other crap. And the same people will say "yeah, I know it's a bit harsh but that's the cost of keeping order in society bla bla bla".
Re: Human Brain Cells on Chip for Sale – First biocomputing platform hits the market
#25Related: The CL1: the first code deployable biological computer (54 points, 28 days ago, 24 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43909418 Melbourne startup launches 'biological computer' made of human brain cells (54 points, 3 months ago, 37 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43261218 Cortical Labs: "Human neural networks raised in a simulation" (89 points, 2 years ago, 126 comments) https://new…
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#26How long before they realize just ditch the life support apparatus and plug into human brains.
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#27Related: The CL1: the first code deployable biological computer (54 points, 28 days ago, 24 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43909418 Melbourne startup launches 'biological computer' made of human brain cells (54 points, 3 months ago, 37 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43261218 Cortical Labs: "Human neural networks raised in a simulation" (89 points, 2 years ago, 126 comments) https://new…
Thanks! Is there more there here now?
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#28Feels like this could really help with brain-compute interfaces.
I have this pet theory that things like this will ultimately lead to a path for us to ‘feel’ our interactions with the digital domain in a way similar to our own thoughts and maybe eventually lead to a better understanding of that one hard problem.
Re: Human Brain Cells on Chip for Sale – First biocomputing platform hits the market
#29Related: The CL1: the first code deployable biological computer (54 points, 28 days ago, 24 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43909418 Melbourne startup launches 'biological computer' made of human brain cells (54 points, 3 months ago, 37 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43261218 Cortical Labs: "Human neural networks raised in a simulation" (89 points, 2 years ago, 126 comments) https://new…
Thanks! Is there more there here now? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43909452
Possibli it's catnip for HN :D (I think I caught the past votes/discussions)
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#30The article says: "The first 115 units will begin shipping this summer at $35,000 each" From Cortical's home page [1]: "We're a revolutionary biotech firm based in Melbourne, Australia." Melbourne is the capital city of the Australian state of Victoria. Part VIII, Section 38, paragraph (1) of the Victorian "Human Tissue Act 1982" says: "Subject to this section, a person shall not sell, or agree to sell, tissue (inclu…
The act says you can't sign an agreement for this to happen to a person.
But plenty of incidental material is recovered (e.g. fetal cord blood).