A research team led by Australian Monash University and Cortical Labs is studying methods of merging human brain cells with artificial intelligence, while Australian government provided USD600,000 in grant to the research team.
Working in collaboration with Melbourne-based startup Cortical Labs, the team has already achieved success by demonstrating how a cluster of approximately 800,000 brain cells in a Petri dish can play the game “Pong.” The researchers are confident in their work and have ambitious goals for the technology. Adeel Razi, the team lead and associate professor at Monarch University, stated that this new technology may eventually surpass the performance of traditional silicon-based hardware.
“This new technology capability in the future may eventually surpass the performance of existing, purely silicon-based hardware,” said Adeel Razi, team lead and associate profess at Monarch University, in a statement.
The potential applications of this research span multiple fields, including planning, robotics, advanced automation, brain-computer interfaces, and drug discovery, granting Australia a significant strategic advantage.
Source: Qatar News Agency