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Watch a computer powered by human brain cells play Doom.

In 2022, Cortical Labs demonstrated a culture of lab-grown human brain cells playing Pong. Now the company claims it has trained its CL-1 chip, composed of 200,000 neurons, to play Doom. Data from the screen is translated into electrical stimulation, and the neurons respond with their own signals controlling Doomguy.

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