Recall my estimate that the computation inside the human brain (at the level of neurons) is on the order of 1014 per second. As of 2023, $1,000 of computing power could perform up to 130 trillion computations per second.[130] Based on the 2000–2023 trend, by 2053 about $1,000 of computing power (in 2023 dollars) will be enough to perform around 7 million times as many computations per second as the unenhanced human brain.[131] If it turns out, as I suspect, that only a fraction of the brain’s neurons are necessary to digitize the conscious mind (e.g., if we don’t have to simulate the actions
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