The startup FinalSpark is proving that innovation has no limits by developing computers with human neurons. The machines they created use the basic cells of the nervous system as processors, replacing traditional CPUs. With the project, the company, which is from Switzerland, intends to revolutionize the traditional methods of building artificial intelligence (AI) models.
Created in 2014, the startup by engineers Martin Kutter and Fred Jordan was born with the aim of manufacturing machines according to the principles of biocomputing. To do this, they intend to improve a bioprocessor without energy restrictions.
According to the FinalSpark website, research work is underway and has already tested around 10 million live neurons. The aim of the study is to build a mental system of tiny three-dimensional neural structures grown from human stem cells.
The operation of computers uses an electrical wire that trains neurons to process information, as already occurs in human brains. However, as co-founder and co-CEO Fred Jordan explains to the website Quartz., now the idea is to test futuristic methods in AI models.
To make this happen, professionals work with genetic programming and “in silico augmentation neural networks”, a term that refers to the improvement or expansion of these networks through computer simulations. This way, it will be possible to increasingly increase the capacity of the network, making it more powerful to deal with complex problems.
Jordan further explains that he wants computers with human neurons to achieve real human reasoning capable of analyzing emotions while creating new ideas and concepts outside their “box” of knowledge. “This is what a ‘real’ thinking machine should do”, he concludes.
( source: Katiuscia Mizokami/digital agro )
