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1. Judge Dread (judgedread@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 06:50:52 JST Judge Dread
   Little speculation.
   
   Assume that the 100 trillion calculations per second / 20 gig of working memory estimate of the human brain's computational power is correct.
   
   That means a Nvidia AI workstation has the capacity to run 25 brains. Call it 24 to leave one brain worth of CPU cycles for the meta-OS.
   
   The stand-alone version costs $149,000 and maxes out at 1500w of power. It has a self contained liquid cooling system that requires no special refreshing. This machine has been out for over three years and there is no backlash complaining about coolant leaks so that's probably true.
   
   Bottom line is you're paying $6208 per brain, plus the electric bill and the salary of an admin to keep the machine updated and in good working order.
   
   The Great Forced Retirement might be closer than you think.
   • Bixnood (doonxib@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 06:50:52 JST Bixnood

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     @judgedread "20 gig," LMAO, no. Adult human male is 75 trillion cells, each with twenty five plus organelles, and additional chemical communication. On a second to second operation the human body has several quadrillion interlocked reactions happening at the same time. And, over the course of a day you're looking at that racking up into the incalculable numerical range. The human brain is the most complex thing in the known universe, it isn't a computer nor a machine by any definable metric. We exist beyond our own ability to comprehend on a technical level as of right now.
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