Dacian Herbei’s Post

Here is an idea: Brain manufacturing. If we strip out from the brain cells' architecture all the functionality non-essential for their computing capabilities maybe they can be easy to produce. With mini-factories built on a chip these units/cells could be produced along with utility units that can help create the connectome. First small connectomes like snails and as technology advances these connectomes can grow in size to bigger organisms. Instead of synapses similar to normal neurons nanotubes could be used and produced in-situ by the neurons or the helper units that assemble the conectome. The units can be produced in liquid suspension. As technology advances probably several parts of the finished brain can be produced individually and connections will be made in the end between parts. There are many scans of different brains so architecturally we should be able to reproduce them. Having a functioning brain from the beginning is irrelevant. Taking into account that nanotubes can deliver speeds of over 100 GHz the processing of these brains would be far higher than the 10 to 100 Hz of normal synapses. Any thoughts?

The interesting part is that because of the speed the signals travel through the nanotubes the artificial neurons can be much further apart than normal neurons. This leaves ample space for maintenance and support structures to be built for example to deliver energy, connect neurons, and eliminate emanated heat from operating these networks without impacting the functioning ability of these networks. The messages transmitted in real brains chemically and through an electrical potential can be transmitted through the same support structures. They might not be as robust as natural ones. Nature relies on pure physics to deliver these signals. A solution where they are encoded in electrical signals or another form of digital communication could be affected by severing these connections. Still, a solution could be found to make them reliable and probably even more robust. Compared to nature, these networks only need to get electricity in and heat out eliminating issues like clogging or toxicity.

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