Tag Archives: Brain and Cognitive Sciences



Feb 12, 2019
To advance artificial intelligence, reverse-engineer the brain

Your three-pound brain runs on just 20 watts of power — barely enough to light a dim bulb. Yet the machine behind our eyes has built civilizations from scratch, explored the stars, and pondered our existence. In contrast, IBM’s Watson, a supercomputer that runs on 20,000 watts, can outperform humans at calculation and “Jeopardy!” but […]

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