Brain Vs Computer

All right guys, technically we’re not supposed to compare human brains and computers as it’s not something that you can technically do, Which is a little disappointing.  Okay so, we can kind of compare the outputs of brains and computers, So let’s at least do that.  The world’s largest supercomputer is called “””K””” (as in 2011) and it lives in Japan. It computes about four times faster than your brain and has about 10 times the storage capacity.  The   human brain can process the equivalent of about 2.2 mega flops (I love that word mega flop it sounds like - what my cat does when she wants me to rub her belly). A mega flop is a million operations per second so our brains are processing about 6.18 quadrillion operations per second which I mean, when you see the stupidity of some people   it’s just shocking. By contrast the case of your computer does about 8.2 billion mega flops which is a lot more. On the other hand the case supercomputer takes about 10,000 watts to run  by contrast our brain takes about 20 watts to run and the  “””K”””  supercomputer cost tens of millions of dollars to create  whereas the human brain costs literally  nothing to create.  The annual operating cost of  the supercomputer is 10   million dollars and the annual operating cost of your brain is hot pockets and Quiznos  and then you look at it pound for pound,  your cubic inch for cubic inch and your brain  is like the size of   both your fists cell   together

A Cabinet Of """K"""

 and the ‘’’’’’K’’’’’’ supercomputer  uses 864 cabinets that are stretched  out in a room (the size  of a large airplane hangar)  but it’s still really  difficult to compare brains  and computers because they  work in completely  different  ways. 

K

A computer has a program or a set  of instructions  that tells it  what to do in addition to a memory  that contains   all the  data and   a processor that  goes and gets the instruction implies them to the data  one at a time  in a sequence,  It’s all very orderly.

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Storage

  

On the other hand a brain doesn’t have separate processes in memory programs,  each neuron in the  brain can take in thousands  upon thousands of inputs  at a time and simultaneously independently process them  and spit out the  answers plus it modifies its own functioning on the  fly all this is happening  and it’s hundred billion or so  neurons. The  ‘’’’’’K’’’’’’ supercomputer doesn’t get anywhere close  to being that   cool so a supercomputer may be more  powerful than a human  brain but the human brain is still totally  spring  wins.