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This startup is building the first data centers powered by human brain cells (www.newscientist.com)

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[–] wrinkle2409@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wouldn't that take a lot of energy just to keep the neurons alive? I think neuromorphic would be more promising

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You think artificial neurons stay "alive" for free?

Edit: but besides being cynical, I actually also don't know how those biological processor can survive transport or just being a backup in a shelf

Not sure though, if I understand really what they are doing/have created.

Edit 2: pretty much everything is answered in the article. Seems they really need some "food" and there is also the problem, that they will need to be retrained periodically (until a solution is found) l, because the culture dies (and builds new)
So, thinking about shelf life and transport was a bit far out the way