(See for an example.)Ī brain-sized circuit would require 100 billion such neurons (more or less).Ī quad-core Itanium has 2 billion transistors. Let's say it takes about a dozen transistors on average. (My secret goal: Make a copy of my brain and store it on some 10 million TB HDD and make someone start it up in the future)Ī neuron-like circuit can be built with a handful of transistors. I don't know much about this topic, please tell me if I got anything wrong :) Actually writing a program for emulating neurons.In my question I'm leaving out the following aspects: If you can emulate a single neuron on a computer, which shouldn't be too hard, could you theoretically emulate more than 1000 billions of them, recreating intelligence, cognition and maybe even creativity?.You won't have to worry about keeping your virtual neuron alive, or? Maybe so complicated that things such as intelligence and cognition become possible?Īs the most complicated things about a neuron pretty much are the chemical aspects on generating an electric singal, keeping itself alive, and eventually segmenting itself, it should be pretty easy emulating some on a computer, or? So I'm completely new to this topic but doesn't each neuron have a fixed function? E.g.: If a signal of strength x enters, if the last signal was x ms ago, redirect it.įrom what I've learned in biology about our nerves system which includes our brain because both consist of simple neurons, it seems to me as our brain is one big, complicated computer. Our brain consists of billions of neurons which basically work with all the incoming data from our senses, handle our consciousness, emotions and creativity as well as our hormone system, etc.
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