On Sat, Mar 21, 2026 at 12:28 PM Matt Mahoney <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... > > There's something I'm not getting. Why does the brain need 10^15 > synapses to store 10^9 bits? Maybe it's a speed optimization, like how > a server farm has a million copies of Linux, or your body has 10^13 > copies of your DNA. Or is it something else? Is it the reason we > didn't solve AI in 2000? > I suspect it has to do with Bekenstein bound placing data points in such a high dimensional space that they are all on a surface where they can be treated as orthogonal. ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tc9fe35df94409188-Mc67946650dbd7ea92f5193e5 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
