Inside the datacenter where the day starts with topping up cerebrospinal fluid

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https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/14/cortical_labs_biological_cloud/

I really thought biocomputers were just the realm of sci-fi. How long til we get bio-neural gel packs I wonder?

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I missed the earlier story but apparently they taught these things how to play Pong, then started working on teaching them how to play Doom!

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Apparently, they’re already teaching it to solve engineering problems. 😬😅🤷🏽‍♂️

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I understand why they’re so heavily invested in a neurological model for this, but it’s a little surprising that they don’t appear to have any behaviourists involved (at least, not from the way the journal article is written). They would have a lot to offer in terms of the nature schedule and of the “feedback” provided.

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There’s a 2022 research paper linked in the article that may explain more but it’s way above my head.

https://regmedia.co.uk/2026/03/12/suplpied_cortical_labs_paper.pdf

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Yeah, that’s the one I was looking at. I’d just like to see more interdisciplinary collaboration on stuff like this!

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