The CL1 Is a $35,000 Computer That Runs on Living Human Brain Cells: “Body in a Box” Aims to Reimagine Computing

[Tsing]

The CL1, a new commercial PC that is said to be the world's first to run on living human brain cells (i.e., neurons), is now available for purchase for $35,000, according to a website designed and launched by Cortical Labs, the team of scientists behind what's been described as the first in a new generation of biological computers.

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[Elf_Boy]

I have some ethics questions.......


And I suppose practical ones: Like can it run/train an LLM? Etc?

 

[Shotglass01]

This is screaming Theranos levels of scam mixed with Enron board of directors. CEO E. Holmes?

 

[Grimlakin]

Yea this is either barely functional and a proof of concept at that price point. OR a massive scam. No way is it a functional system WITH all of that for 35k. That's mid range for workstation level systems.

 

[LeRoy_Blanchard]

I just wanna know if it can run Crysis.

 

[Grimlakin]

I just wanna know if it can run Crysis.

Different kind of Krysis. Do you harvest your children to overclock your computer.... OR... not?

 

[LeRoy_Blanchard]

Different kind of Krysis. Do you harvest your children to overclock your computer.... OR... not?

I might stop pulling out if that's a thing.