Why the digital brain will prevail over the analog brain

The superiority of the digital neocortex explained by major computer-scientists.

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While our brain performs 1⁸ power calculations per second, today’s supercomputers will be able to handle 10¹⁸ power calculations per second. Does this mean that supercomputers already can simulate brains?

The question is obviously more complex; it depends not only on raw power but also on the collaborative power of the neural networks. However, according to Ray Kurzweil in How to Create a Mind, being able to create a functioning cyber neocortex is an inexorable outcome. Bits can travel infinitely faster than neural signals, and this will be of decisive importance.

Here is how computer scientists see the superiority of a digital brain over our analog and digital-mixed brain.

Analog information vs digital information

Analog vs digital signals

While analog computers rely on physical processes to make calculations, digital computers rely on a series of 0 and 1 bits. This old distinction is not as obvious as it seems, and it took time to prove the…