Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Merging Humans and AI: The Rise of Biological Computers. Go to brilliant.org/Undecided and get 20% off your subscription and a 30 day free trial with Brilliant.org! It’s no secret that tech companies are racing to build “artificial general intelligence,” or AI that can match a human brain without needing a lifeline. But our brains already do the same heavy lifting with just a fraction of the resources. Whether it’s energy, water, land, components, or, you know… money… human brains are just way cheaper. Right now, you can either buy a human brain cell-based computer... or rent time on a remote one. Yep, even brainpower’s got a subscription plan these days. So what can these living computers actually do? How do they work? And, most importantly, should we be freaking out a little bit?

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00:00 - Intro
01:54 - Why?
05:29 - How?
09:17 - What?
15:59 - The Bigger Questions
17:28 - When?