Optimus_Subprime [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 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-square89fedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down10
arrow-up1109arrow-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 · 5 months agomessage-square89fedilink
minus-squarespace_comrade [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 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.