Researchers From Cortical Labs Develop DishBrain: A Neural Network With Biological Neurons

Over the last decade, neural networks have become a trendy topic, ranging from image recognition to text generation and even video gameplay applications. On the other hand, these artificial neural networks are just mounds of math inside a computer. While they are capable of tremendous things, the technology has yet to demonstrate the ability to develop actual intelligence. Researchers at Cortical Labs, Australia propose that integrating neurons into digital systems to tap on their inherent intelligence could enable performance that would be impossible to achieve with silicon alone and provide insight into the biological origins of intelligence. The overall goal of the research is to use biological neurons' processing capability to build "synthetic biological intelligence."