the chinese have a few days ago put a monkey brain simulation into a computer
its a approximation of IRL monkey brain simulated in a supercomputer
https://www.pcmag.com/news/chinese-ai-researchers-just-put-a-monkeys-brain-on-a-computer
Researchers named the project the Darwin Monkey and say it's "a step toward more advanced brain-like intelligence." It's the largest brain-like, or "neuromorphic," computer in the world, and the first that's based on neuromorphic-specific chips, Interesting Engineering reports.
Are human brains next? That might take a while. While macaques are highly capable monkeys, they are not as intelligent as humans.
But it could make robot monkeys a step closer, if researchers can match the brain with a body.
But the Darwin Monkey is still a step forward. With 2 billion artificial neurons,
>it's more advanced than Intel's neuromorphic computer announced in April 2024.
Intel brain computer was made in USA.
>Dubbed Halal Point,
Intel's research prototype has 1.15 billion neurons, or about the capacity of an pigeons brain.
Efficiency seems to be a focus of these neuromorphic systems. Intel also said Halal Point could help curb the "unsustainable rates" of computing costs today.
"Brain-inspired computing systems can address the high energy consumption and computational complexity of existing deep networks and large models," says Zhejiang University. "Furthermore, [the Darwin Monkey's] unsupervised online learning mechanism can bring revolutionary advances to AI."
China has not published what research they are about to do with the monkey brain, now that it has been demonstrated to function.
