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.
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
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.
So deeply unethical it’s unreal.
16 mano-neters?
Aww yeah, screaming datacenter timeline unlocked.
harnessing brainlike organoids
that sounds dangerously close to being a human
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 how many neurons would it take to consider forcing Windows Server to run on the wetware a crime against humanity?
What happens when they grow a brain that has paranoid delusions and wants to destroy us all? What happens when there’s a shortage? Can people sell their loved ones to data centers for a high premium, rather than a burial or cremation?
What the fuck?? Did you read the article?
Yeah just now lol, I was being over the top and cynical when I wrote that. Like how whenever shit like this gets brought up, usually there’s that one person who brings up, “the matrix.” No but when they run out of stem cells, they’ll turn on an artificial womb and make more fetal tissue to work with and then people will go up in arms over the fact that, “human life,” is being used to support data centers when in reality it’s just the cells that can be influenced.
and I mean those are also good questions. like will I be able to get a premium for giving a loved ones body to data centers for battery, rather than cremation or burial? what would happen if they decided to make mini brains and they created a brain that has mental illness or delusions and decides humans are no longer needed?
imagine them growing multiple personality brains and one day it’s on manic and we’re all in a happy economy and the next it’s depressive and we’re wondering if the bombs will drop. that’s a genuine fear because of how fast people are driving ai expansion they’re not 100% thinking about the repercussions.
FUCK MAN!!! IT TOOK UNTIL THE CREATORS OF ANTHROPIC SAID THERE’S 10 YEARS LEFT FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE A FUCK!!! So, I worry and think way too far ahead of what could possibly go wrong.
Uh oh
woopsie
This will in no way come back to “haunt” us…
They should use the neurons of the tech oligarchs if they’re so smart.
I was there. They let me take a picture of the tech.
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?
