Why AI, biocomputing, neurotech and neuromorphic computing are converging on 'synthetic consciousness'
pwlot · x · 2026-09-16
The author argues that AI, mind uploading, neuromorphic computing, biocomputing, and neurotech are converging toward a single point he calls 'synthetic consciousness':
- AI research chases brain-like efficiency: from CPUs to GPUs, and possibly toward exotic approaches like reservoir, thermodynamic, and quantum computing.
- Biocomputing taps the brain itself: understanding neural tissue and cytoarchitecture leads naturally into neurotech and BCIs—letting AI and human brains interface with each other.
- Neuromorphic computing sits between these fields: building artificial pieces of brain.
An opinion thread claiming these disciplines share one destination rather than diverging.
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