The Human Brain Project (HBP) is a major scientific initiative that aims to advance our understanding of the human brain and develop new computing technologies inspired by brain function. Launched in 2013 as part of the European Union's Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) program, the project is one of the largest neuroscience research initiatives in the world.
www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02600-xThey overreached it seems.
Almost since it began, however, the HBP has drawn criticism. The project did not achieve its goal of simulating the whole human brain — an aim that many scientists regarded as far-fetched in the first place. It changed direction several times, and its scientific output became “fragmented and mosaic-like”, says HBP member Yves Frégnac
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