Optimus_Subprime [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agoAnd in the I-Have-No-Mouth-And-I-Must-Scream Dept. | Scientists Connect 16 Mini Brains Made of Human Tissue to Create a "Living Computer"futurism.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down10
arrow-up1115arrow-down1external-linkAnd in the I-Have-No-Mouth-And-I-Must-Scream Dept. | Scientists Connect 16 Mini Brains Made of Human Tissue to Create a "Living Computer"futurism.comOptimus_Subprime [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squarespace_comrade [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoThe only way I could see this being ethical is if they know for sure these lumps of neurons aren’t conscious, which I don’t think you can really claim with any certainty right now.
The only way I could see this being ethical is if they know for sure these lumps of neurons aren’t conscious, which I don’t think you can really claim with any certainty right now.