Artificial Intelligence

More brainlike computers could change AI for the better

These 4 neuromorphic technologies hold promise for more efficient, more capable forms of AI

A collage of illustrations of a brain, neurons and elements of computer chips.

To improve AI, computer scientists are looking to neuroscience.

Matt Chinworth

By Kathryn Hulick

The tiny worm Caenorhabditis elegans has a brain just about the width of a human hair. Yet this animal’s itty-bitty organ coordinates and computes complex movements as the worm forages for food. “When I look at [C. elegans] and consider its brain, I’m really struck by the profound elegance and efficiency,” says Daniela Rus, a computer scientist at MIT. Rus is so enamored with the worm’s brain that she cofounded a company, Liquid AI, to build a new type of artificial intelligence inspired by it.