John_Maxwell_IV comments on [LINK] IBM simulate a "brain" with 500 billion neurons and 100 trillion synapses - Less Wrong

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 22 November 2012 04:46:13AM 1 point [-]

The paper seems to indicate that the sim is running 388 times slower than real-time. I guess we're not 100% there hardware-wise yet? Good.

Comment author: RomeoStevens 22 November 2012 05:02:18AM 4 points [-]

this is worryingly fast IMO.