By wiring these mini-brains into digital hardware, researchers are testing whether biology can outperform silicon on some of the hardest problems in artificial intelligence and energy efficiency. The ...

In the age of artificial intelligence, comparing the human brain to a computer has become a common trope. The metaphor is convenient, suggesting ideas of memory banks, data processing, and logic ...

On the podcast, [Tom] and I were talking about the new generation of smartphones which are, at least in terms of RAM and CPU speed, on par with a decent laptop computer. If so, why not just add on a ...