content: Given the research stated on the post you may be correct (mapping out the human brain, advancements in AI).  But, given what bit of shit I know on AI that's stupid levels of horse power for it.  A single Cray machine would be perfectly fine to handle most research in under a second. Now, most of the time is usually spent on training the AI.  Lot of matrix manipulation going on.  Super computers are designed for this.  But, maybe they're trying to create retraining AI that updates in real time.  That may take a lot of juice, but I don't see an EF being required for that.