#225 – Jeffrey Shainline: Neuromorphic Computing and Optoelectronic Intelligence
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(05:56) – How are processors made?<br />
(25:15) – Are engineers or physicists more important<br />
(27:43) – Super-conductivity<br />
(43:31) – Computation<br />
(48:07) – Computation vs communication<br />
(51:48) – Electrons for computation and light for communication<br />
(1:02:32) – Neuromorphic computing<br />
(1:27:23) – What is NIST?<br />
(1:30:41) – Implementing super-conductivity<br />
(1:38:20) – The future of neuromorphic computing<br />
(1:57:54) – Loop neurons<br />
(2:04:09) – Machine learning<br />
(2:18:36) – Cosmological evolution<br />
(2:25:44) – Cosmological natural selection<br />
(2:43:05) – Life in the universe<br />
(2:50:52) – The rare Earth hypothesis</p>