Computational capacity of pyramidal neurons in the cerebral cortex — mentioned by light_hue_1

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 05:38:46 GMT

We have no idea how to estimate the computational capacity of the brain at the moment. We can make silly estimates like saying that 1 human neuron is equivalent to something in an artificial network. But this is definitely wrong, biological neurons are far more complex than this. The big problem is that we don't understand the locus of computation in the brain. What is the thing performing the meaningful unit of computation in a neuron? And what is a neuron really equivalent to? The ranges are massive. Some people say that computation is some high level property of the neuron as a whole, so…

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Computational capacity of pyramidal neurons in the cerebral cortex — mentioned by light_hue_1