Submitted by [deleted] t3_11d33zn in singularity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ksLuRoEq6A
Using human neurons, this team of scientists created a computer capable of playing pong. One way to match human intelligence is by using human brain tissue.
Lawjarp2 t1_ja7sbla wrote
Did some digging. They used 800000 cells, it never got to superhuman levels, human cells are better than mouse cells.
Things to take away, 800k is not equivalent to 800k parameters. 800k cells might equal anywhere between 800m to 8b parameter(1000 - 10000 synapses per neuron). If a bloody 800m parameter model can't learn to play ping pong like a superhuman it's not really that great. However, it probably does converge sooner, given that the way neurons learn in brain isn't like a feed forward network.
The most curious thing here is that apparently neurons work by trying to reduce entropy. Looks like all of life is trying to do the same at many levels.