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Re:Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI by ekianjo on Monday July 22, 2019 @06:15PM (#20502800)
> A computer being able to simulate a brain that thinks for itself is the logical extrapolation of current brain-simulation efforts

Except that our current neural networks have nothing to do with the actual neurons in our brain and how they work.

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Re:Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI by hikarudo on Monday July 22, 2019 @06:49PM (#20503011)
I believe ekianjo wasn't talking about neural networks, but simulations using models that are similar to how neurons work. Computational neuroscience is a thing.
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