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Joseph Carlsmith How much computational power does it take to match the human brain? online Open Philanthropy is interested in when AI systems will be able to perform various tasks that humans can perform (“AI timelines”). To inform our thinking, I investigated what evidence the human brain provides about the computational power sufficient to match its capabilities. This is the full report on what I learned.

How much computational power does it take to match the human brain?

Joseph Carlsmith

Open Philanthropy, September 11, 2020

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Open Philanthropy is interested in when AI systems will be able to perform various tasks that humans can perform (“AI timelines”). To inform our thinking, I investigated what evidence the human brain provides about the computational power sufficient to match its capabilities. This is the full report on what I learned.

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