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by filterfiber 903 days ago
> still run on a device like the iPhone, which weights about 170g [1]? The human brain is 8 times heavier.

Why are you comparing the weight? I'm sorry but this is a bizarre comparison. This isn't even apples to oranges, this is apples to a telephone pole.

I'll also throw in that a single Nvidia H100 is 1200 grams. Unless you have a "Bracket with screws" which will add 20 grams (who wouldn't want an extra 20grams of intelligence?).

Like 70%+ of the human brain is water. The human brain needs a massive network of systems to transport nutrients/oxygen which is irrelevant to logical processing.

Similarly the majority of the iphone weight is the battery and frame. The weight of the processing chip is _grams_.

Besides the conflicting variables with the weight, the way that ML works on a physical level is completely different from the human brain.