Google AI
The Times Australia

Times Media

We built a 'brain' from tiny silver wires. It learns in real time, more efficiently than computer-based AI

  • Written by: Zdenka Kuncic, Professor of Physics, University of Sydney
We built a 'brain' from tiny silver wires. It learns in real time, more efficiently than computer-based AIZhu et al. / Nature Communications

The world is infatuated with artificial intelligence (AI), and for good reason. AI systems can process vast quantities of data in a seemingly superhuman way.

However, current AI systems rely on computers running complex algorithms based on artificial neural networks. These use huge amounts of energy, and use even...

Read more: We built a 'brain' from tiny silver wires. It learns in real time, more efficiently than computer-ba...

Times Magazine

China copied the Falcon 9 formula. Now it has made it work

China has spent years watching SpaceX transform the economics of spaceflight. Now it is beginning...

Tax Deductions Australians Are Missing – and the Claims That Could Land You in Hot Water

Every tax season, Australians tend to fall into one of two camps. There are those who are so nervou...

Camden Valley Inn Opens Its Doors for Couples Planning Their Dream Wedding

Couples are invited to discover one of South-West Sydney’s most picturesque wedding destinations and...

Technology

China copied the Falcon 9 formula. …

China has spent years watching SpaceX transform the economics of spaceflight. Now it is beginning...

Local News

Psychology clinic in Tasmania opens…

In response to Tasmania’s growing mental health crisis, a new purpose-built, multi-disciplinary me...

Culture

Camden Valley Inn Invites Dads to Raise a Gla…

The South-West Sydney venue is pairing premium Jack Daniel’s whiskey, a three-course menu and expert...

Travel

Cairns Esplanade Lagoon — the stage where Cai…

“All the world's a stage.” Shakespeare wasn't writing about Cairns when he penned that famous lin...

The Times Features

Camden Valley Inn Invites Dads to Raise a Glass This Fa…

The South-West Sydney venue is pairing premium Jack Daniel’s whiskey, a three-course menu and expert...

Women Over 40 – The Cabaret

Invisible? I don't think so! A bold, hilarious and heartfelt celebration of women, life and laughter...

He Won't Buy It Himself. That's Exactly Why I…

Dads can be notoriously difficult to buy for. They will insist they do not need anything, then conti...