Scientists have created an AI version of a monkey brain that recognizes images without requiring the massive computing power of existing AI systems.
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A human brain consumes less power than a light bulb. An artificial intelligence system uses vastly more energy to do the same tasks. NPR’s Jon Hamilton reports on new research that hints at how living brains do more with less.
JON HAMILTON, BYLINE: The brain’s visual system takes in bits of light and transforms them into something we recognize, like grandma or the Grand Canyon. Ben Cowley of Cold