Biocomputing on human neurons (Interview)

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Dr. Ewelina Kurtys is leading the way in biocomputing at FinalSpark where she is working on the next evolutionary leap for AI and neuron-powered computing. It’s a brave new world, just 10 years in the making. We discuss lab-grown human brain organoids connected to electrodes, the possibility to solve AI’s massive energy consumption challenge, post-silicon approach to computing, biological vs quantum physics and more.

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Featuring:

• Ewelina Kurtys – Website, LinkedIn
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• FinalSpark

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1. This week on The Changelog (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Depot (00:01:06)

https://depot.dev

3. Start the show! (00:03:24)

4. Energy efficiency computing on neurons (00:05:33)

5. Neurons as logic gates (00:10:12)

6. Growing stem cells into brains (00:12:10)

7. How did you get here? (00:13:40)

8. How long have you been working on this problem? (00:21:13)

9. How does reading/writing data work? (00:26:28)

10. Is the process slow or fast? (00:27:56)

11. Sponsor: CodeRabbit (00:33:09)

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12. The role of dopamine and serotonin (00:35:48)

13. 10 years until useful. Why so hard? (00:36:48)

14. Have you tried to "ultrathink"? (00:38:42)

15. What industries are interested in this? (00:43:31)

16. What are they trying to do with it? (00:44:17)

17. When do the neurons unalive? (00:48:14)

18. Exotic uses vs general purpose (00:52:16)

19. Wrapping up (00:55:14)

20. Closing thoughts and stuff (00:55:42)