1. 'I want to make a chemical brain'.
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Hooper, Rowan
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BRAIN chemistry , *COMPUTER simulation , *CHEMISTS , *ARTIFICIAL life , *BRAIN research , *BIOLOGICAL neural networks , *CONSCIOUSNESS - Abstract
The article presents an interview with chemist and University of Glasgow Regius Chair of Chemistry Lee Cronin who discusses various topics including the construction of chemical brains and his desire to create artificial life by developing chemical systems that process information. Cronin's claim that the human brain can not be simulated on a computer is examined, along with physical neural networks and human consciousness.
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- 2018
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