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Computer hardware can perform serial computations many orders of magnitude faster than the brain; its clock speeds are typically around a gigahertz or higher.
Thomas Larsen · AI 2040: Plan A report - Daniel Kokotajlo & Thomas Larsen · 8 Sept 2026
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“um i think it depends on the type of neuron but anyways a computer obviously can can sort of like fire and do computations much much faster than that in serial you know it's like you can you can very often get clock you know clock speeds are typically on the order of like a gigahertz you know you can or or more so you can get like many many order of magnitude basically better in the gpus in terms of serial processing speed than the brain um”Play from 51:55Report a misattribution
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