#biological computation

[laurenkmoody]

I wonder if there's a way to take topography into account?

Because there are hella mountains that would make the western network more difficult, and likewise part of the eastern network is in Appalachia.

Slime mold was grown on an agar gel plate shaped like America and food sources were placed where America’s large cities are. 

The result? A possible look at how to best build public transportation. 

I just really like the idea of slime mold on a map of the US. It’s beautiful.

[er-cryptid]

alright nerds, favorite biology (or biology-adjacent) field

had to make this new poll so there's more options

[unwelcome-ozian]

Beta intelligence military esque

Alice in wonderland

Alters, files, jpegs, bugs, closed systems, open networks

brain chip with memory / data

Infomation processing updates and reboots

'Uploading' / installing / creating a system of information that can behave as a central infomation processing unit accessible to large portions of the consciousness. Necessarily in order to function as so with sufficient data. The unit is bugged with instructions, "error correction", regarding infomation processing.

It can also behave like a guardian between sensory and extra physical experience.

"Was very buggy at first". Has potential to casues unwanted glitches or leaks, unpredictability and could malfunction entirely, especially during the initial accessing / updating. I think the large amount of information being synthesized can reroute experiences, motivations, feelings and knowledge to other areas of consciousness, which can cause a domino effect of "disobedience", and or reprogramming.

I think this volatility is most pronounced during the initial stages of operation because the error correcting and rerouting sequences have not been 'perfected' yet and are in their least effective states, trail and error learning as it operates, graded by whatever instructions or result seeking input that called for the "error correction".

I read the ask about programming people like a computer. Whoever wrote that is not alone. Walter Pitts and Warren McCulloch, do you have anymore information about them and what they did to people?

Here is some information for you. Walter Pitts and Warren McCulloch weren't directly involved in the programming of individuals. Their work was dual-use.

Exploring the Mind of Walter Pitts: The Father of Neural Networks

McCulloch-Pitts Neuron — Mankind’s First Mathematical Model Of A Biological Neuron

Introduction To Cognitive Computing And Its Various Applications

Cognitive Electronic Warfare: Conceptual Design and Architecture

Security and Military Implications of Neurotechnology and Artificial Intelligence

Oz

[vitch-with-v]

Ok no cuz like why the fuck do i get cramps A WEEK BEFORE my period who the fuck coded this shit this configuration sucks ass and i can't even get into settings to fix it >:(

[qrowscant]

I like to think that post with the red stuff growing is just an industrial accident from the future, maybe cultured meat or biological computer servers

anon you don't even know how correct you are. we are psychically linked

[henrysglock]

Patty Parallelization: Running Multiple Codes At Once

This may seem like a big, incoherent image-dump, but I promise it has connections to another piece of work. In short: The name Patty/Patrick was such a choice.

A second program, Patrix/Patricia, is a global management and data accessing system:

Patty, Princeton, Wikipedia, Patrix/Patricia

[frosteee-variation]

you ever get the uncontrollable urge to pursue a creative project because you got one (1) piece of information that you haven't been able to stop thinking about

[dawei-s]

Close to my grandma's age when she had my dad literally wtf

[moonys-chaos]

My interest in viruses is coming back siiigh

[thethingost]

do u have any more infected hc *grabby hands*

YES I DO but not rly any more specific special infected ones i just have more general ones sorry :( but i am a firm believer that the special infected are like one big group together. almost like a family. that one post i made abt the tank being in the elevator to get smores supplies for the special infected campfire? yeah stuff like that. they hang out like buddies when there’s no survivors around. a smoker might use its tongue to let a jockey swing around on it like rope. a charger might race a hunter and see who can travel the farthest in one charge or pounce just for fun. a tank throws a hunter just to see if it’ll land on its feet or do some stunt like bounce off a wall. this is very much inspired by IsisMashiro’s left 4 dead work on deviantart i just love how they portray the special infected’s dynamics and make them interact with each other and the survivors. ik it doesnt rly make sense cause of how animalistic and violent they behave in game but i just think it’s fun to think about the infected being silly and having fun together.

i also think that some special infected might be more inclined to working solo to take down/weaken survivors as opposed to working with other specials. depends on the person and how the green flu has affected them.

i also believe that infected(common/uncommon/special) may engage in old habits or hobbies they may have had prior to being infected. i just think that there may be some part of their infected mind that recognizes such a thing and lets them act on it as a soothing thing. would that be considered coping mechanisms for them. maybe idk. a spitter was a guitar player before being infected? she might be found playing one to the best of her abilities[given the acid and such] as something to soothe her, and other infected that enjoy music may be drawn to the sound and behave more calmly. hunters might be seen doing parkour stunts for fun or playing chasing games with other hunters since that was likely what they did before infection. some infected might draw shapes in mud, dirt, sand—or even with bile or blood—if they were artsy before infection. just doing things like that that are familiar to them

[noxvincitchaos]

This is extremely interesting:

Computational capacity of life in relation to the universe

Kurian (2025)

The paper highlights the efficient and substantial computational capacities of biological systems, especially in comparison to current quantum computing capabilities. It also estimates when quantum computers might reach a level of computational capacity comparable to that of the universe itself. The researchers link how life processes information to the fundamental physical laws that govern the universe, at both cosmological and Planck scales.

I've been following developments in research on quantum effects in the brain. The concept discussed in this paper that interests me the most is the observed superradiance in networks of aromatic amino acids, such as tryptophan, and how this might facilitate coherence despite substantial thermal noise.

The information presented has significant implications for advancing quantum computing through the application of biological qubit architectures. I'm excited to see how research into quantum effects in neuronal function may illuminate (pun intended) our understanding of learning and memory, as well as the potential for developing diagnostics and therapeutics for neurological disorders.

[delicatelysublimeforester]

The Hilarious World of Nature: A Guide to Fun iNaturalist Projects!

[cannedvampirejuice]

i think ive made longer posts but tldr plot of robot au is ascelpius buys a trash planet to host servers w a fuck ton of medical knowledge and staff is a collection of security personnel and people who Literally crash there. essentially.

[fwftf]

Australian startup Cortical Labs unveils 'world’s first' commercial biological computer

Biological computing startup Cortical Labs has launched CL1, what it is calling the world’s first commercial biological computer. The technology combines “lab-cultivated neurons from human stem cells” with silicon to create what the company says is a “more advanced and sustainable form of AI,” a neural network dubbed Synthetic Biological Intelligence (SBI). According to Australia-based Cortical…

[kj-bishop]

Of course they don't want these things to develop consciousness. But I do wonder if intelligence is bound up with constructs of self and surroundings, even very basic ones. Without a sensory point of reference in time and space, a sense of location, whether or not there's a conscious "I", can any kind of construct, inorganic or organic, develop the conceptual framework that would enable reasoning? Can there be a concept of "that there" without a "this here"? Maybe the dish brains will tell us.