When Computers Grow Brains: Rethinking AI with Living Cells | Hon Weng Chong | TEDxMelbourne

Every one of us here is carrying a superco computer. It's warm. It's wet.It's squishy and we've had it ever since we were born. This supercomput runs off a cheeseburger and consumes roughly the same amount of energy as a light bulb. And no, as you're probably thinking, I'm not referring to the smartphone in your pocket. I'm referring to the brain in your head.Brains are amazing organ. Uh they allow us to understand the world we live in. We use our brains to control our bodies, to talk with one another.And w ...