Artificial intelligence · around 2060
Whole-brain emulation
Projection
A human brain's connections are scanned and simulated closely enough to reproduce its function.
Emulation would map every neuron and synapse and run the result on a computer. It would transform neuroscience and raise deep questions about identity. This node is far and speculative.
Why it’s plausible: Complete connectomes exist for the fruit fly and pieces of mouse cortex; a human brain is roughly a million times larger, and it is unknown what level of detail an emulation needs.
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Related measurements
Fastest computer in the world Latest: 2.2×10¹⁸ operations per second (2026) Source: Wikipedia: List of fastest computers; Wikipedia: History of supercomputing
Training compute of notable AI models Source: Epoch AI, Notable AI Models (CC BY 4.0)