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Biological Computer Learns To Play Doom

Radio 24 Melbourne 12d Impact 5
Australian startup Cortical Lab has developed a biological computer that can be programmed using the Python language. An independent programmer, Sean Cole, successfully trained this 'brain on chip' to play the video game Doom within one week.

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biological computing artificial intelligence Cortical Lab

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Radio 24

“To realize the biological computer and make it programmable through a popular programming language like Python was the Australian startup Cortical Lab, while training this brain on chip to play Doom... was an independent programmer, Sean Cole.”

Radio 24

“Allora, intanto descrivicelo un po', se lo vedessimo, questo computer biologico, come si presenterebbe? Allora, il computer biologico è in realtà molto semplice... è un dischetto di petri, quindi un piccolissimo cilindretto di 3 cm di diametro, all'interno ci mettiamo delle cellule, cellule nervose che imparano a connettersi tra loro.”

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