A Biological Data Centre represents a new generation of computing infrastructure. Instead of relying solely on conventional silicon chips, it uses “wetware” — living biological neurons derived from stem cells — to process information and support AI systems. In contrast to traditional data centres, which depend on energy-intensive servers, biological computing offers the potential for significantly greater efficiency by harnessing brain-like organoids that can operate using only a fraction of the power required by digital computers.
As grim as it sounds, this is probably just a grift. It sounds like they’re using stem cells as wires, and they’ll die eventually. There’s some ai word salad in the article too.
This is definitely a grift.
it uses “wetware” … to process information and support “AI” systems
Most importantly, “AI” doesn’t exist. Secondly there is absolutely zero “AI” technologies that need “support” from these petri dishes.
the technology could complement AI
Hmmm… Later in the article it changes from “it uses to support AI” to “it could complement AI”. Curious.
Actually the first quote from OP isn’t even in the article. Did they update it because it’s fake?
Anyone else read this:
Brain cells at work Traditional data centers rely on silicon processors and general-purpose Central Processing Units (CPUs). They typically use standard air cooling to handle cloud computing, web hosting, and database storage workloads.
Biological computing, in contrast, uses wetware to process data. This consists of living neurons grown from stem cells. The neurons are connected to computing hardware via microelectrode arrays. These let electrical signals pass between the biological cells and digital systems.
And wonder what they were trying to say or why they said it this way?
Here is the part in question:
They typically use standard air cooling to handle cloud computing, web hosting, and database storage workloads.
Biological computing, in contrast, uses wetware to process data.
Ok, AND? What does air cooling have to do with anything? Is wetware NON standard air cooling?
Either way, isnt this the section where you say Traditional Data Centers rely on electricity, and these rely on X, Y or Z? Nutrient baths? Sump pumps?
They copy-pasted part of the wikipedia to explain something they don’t really understand.
Yeah especially since wetware systems basically use their foodbaths to carry away heat. It’s not hard…but someone decided mentioning these things are “alive” might draw some ire
In the grimdark present of humanity…
We must sacrifice the newborns en masse!
The emperor protects
One day, we will look back to the time when people were allowed to die with tired unblinking eyes.
yo hold up, wetware is an actual thing? Since fucking when?
Quite some time now. Idk why they bother with making baby brains, when we have mostly functioning brains they can extract from us for cheap, to put into their kill and sex bots.
16 mano-neters?
So deeply unethical it’s unreal.
This was signed off by an ethics review board…
Oh so they are aiming for that evangelion shit . Cool cool cool Cool cool cool Cool cool cool
the star trek repair station, it abduct aliens and uses brains of humans to power its AI.
What.
hooks it up to speakers
“ahhhAAAaahAhhh”
scientists: “hmm something must be bugged, let me fiddle with it some more”
harnessing brainlike organoids
that sounds dangerously close to being a human
Aww yeah, screaming datacenter timeline unlocked.
Came here looking for a comment referencing Neelix cheese… And I’m disappointed. I expected more from y’all. Where’s my niche Star Trek Voyager reference?
They all died with Tuvix
This is the worst fucking idea I’ve ever heard. Please don’t create the Mother Brain and hook it up to the internet.
Also: Does it count as AGI if it’s just a gigantic human brain?
Honestly though, let’s just do it. The world is gonna end no matter what we do at this point, at least this finale is interesting.
I was bullshitting with my friends one night talking about nonsense like how we would die. One of the friends pipes up and says if they got cancer or something horrible that they would try and take out as many people as possible. I asked them what they meant and they said they would steal a bus and run over a bunch of people. I was stunned and asked why and they said they wouldn’t go out like a bitch.
You should sow some better targets into your friends subconscious. Get them mad at someone other than their fellow workers.
No offense but your friend sounds like a bitch.
Like if I said “yeah no I’m really tough I can punch a baby” I would be a pussy 110%. Like no shit you could punch a baby, they are like cannocially helpless. Fight a boxer or something smh
I never looked at them the same again. It was a chick to.
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