1 second of human brain activity simulated

A step toward AI?


“Is it really possible to simulate the human brain on a computer? AI researchers have been investigating that question for decades, but Japanese and German scientists have run what they say is the largest-ever simulation of brain activity using a machine.

The simulation involved 1.73 billion virtual nerve cells connected by 10.4 trillion synapses and was run on Japan’s K computer, which was ranked the fastest in the world in 2011.”


(Via Fujitsu supercomputer simulates 1 second...

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Published on August 06, 2013 10:25
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