Living brain cells wired into organoid-on-a-chip biocomputers can now learn to drive robots, thanks to an open-source intelligent interaction system called MetaBOC. This remarkable project aims to re-home human brain cells in artificial bodies.
  • L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 months ago

    That raises a lot of ethical concerns. It is not possible to prove or disprove that these synthetic homunculi controllers are sentient and intelligent beings.

    • demonsword@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      There are about 90 billion neurons on a human brain. From the article:

      …researchers grew about 800,000 brain cells onto a chip, put it into a simulated environment

      that is far less than I believe would be necessary for anything intelligent emerge from the experiment