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A Conversation Between Terry Sejnowski & Stephen Wolfram (February 14, 2023) [Part 1]

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

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The Nature of Computers Is Taking Computing Down to the Molecular Level

The nature has taken computing down to the molecular level. That's why it's so efficient and extremely miniaturized. Your brain runs on less than 20 watts of power, right? And just think everything you can do and computer can't do. Right. So even within the synapse, for example, there are biochemical reactions taking place that keep track of the history of the signals that have been passing through recently. Those ion channels are very highly regulated. You know, sure term memory is also termed that psychologists call it.

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