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World's first computer that combines human brain with silicon now available


The CL1 computer is the first in the world that combines human neurons with a silicon chip. It could be used in disease modeling and drug discovery before it expires after six months.

You may like "The perfusion circuit component acts as a life support system for the cells – it has filtration for waste products, temperature control, gas mixing, and pumps to keep everything circulating,” Brett Kagan, chief scientific officer of Cortical Labs, told New Atlas. Although DishBrain and CL1 are less complex than human brains, the technology has sparked debates around the nature of consciousness and the potential for future synthetic biological intelligence to experience suffering. Each unit needs suitable laboratory facilities to run properly, so Cortical Labs will also offer a remote cloud-based computing option for users who don’t have their own device.

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