&gt; &quot;My belief is that we’re not going to get human-level abilities until we have systems that have the same number of parameters in them as the brain.&quot;<p>While that may be true, I find this compelling:<p>&quot;The fundamental unit of biological information processing is the molecule, rather than any higher level structure like a neuron or a synapse; molecular level information processing evolved very early in the history of life.&quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.softmachines.org&#x2F;wordpress&#x2F;?p=1558#more-1558" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.softmachines.org&#x2F;wordpress&#x2F;?p=1558#more-1558</a><p>Edit: formatting