Scientists Say It’s Not Conscious—Yet.
The path toward our mind-machine merger never has never seemed clearer.© Yuichiro Chino – Getty Images
Here’s what you’ll learn about when you read this story:
The blending of biological and artificial “computing” is a topic that stretches back to the 1940s and 50s.
Now, Cortical Labs has successfully developed a brain-on-a-chip computer primarily designed to aid scientists and researchers studying diseases, therapies, and treatments.
The new computer—called CL-1—will be widely available in late 2025 for around $35,000.
Two very different types of “computers” dominate the world today. The first is the type you’re likely reading this article on—machines powered by transistors and silicon that make our modern society possible. Then, there’s the biological type of computer that’s been a couple billion years in the making—the human brain, which has neurons and a cerebral cortex instead of transistors and a motherboard.
