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.
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”
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.
So deeply unethical it’s unreal.
16 mano-neters?
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
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?
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.
Uh oh
woopsie
This will in no way come back to “haunt” us…
harnessing brainlike organoids
that sounds dangerously close to being a human
I was there. They let me take a picture of the tech.
