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.
I was there. They let me take a picture of the tech.
They should use the neurons of the tech oligarchs if they’re so smart.
They’ll have to add ketamine to the bionutrient slurry.
That’s my breakfast smoothie.
a meal for a champ!
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?
Aww yeah, screaming datacenter timeline unlocked.
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
I reject the notion of calling this a data center. A single rack with 20 little pods is not a data center.
They just want to be a data center, because data centers are currently on investor minds.
New grift just dropped
This research will be funding Chairs at university Ethics departments for decades to come.
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.
Behold, the incredibly efficient human. It eats garbage, live about 80 years, adapts to any fucking environment….
Yea but it’s just not expensive enough.
You forgot: can be mass produced using unskilled labour
Unskilled!? how dare you
Edit: checked with previous encounters and … Yeah you are correct.
In the grimdark present of humanity…
We must sacrifice the newborns en masse!
Lovely. Man-made horrors beyond our comprehension.
I think that’s true in a very literal sense
So deeply unethical it’s unreal.
