artifex@piefed.social to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoFive-Year-Old Mini Brains Can Now Mimic a Kindergartener’s Neural Wiring. It’s Time to Talk Ethics.singularityhub.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down127file-text
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkFive-Year-Old Mini Brains Can Now Mimic a Kindergartener’s Neural Wiring. It’s Time to Talk Ethics.singularityhub.comartifex@piefed.social to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
Among pressing ethical concerns are whether brain organoids can feel pain or become conscious—and how would we know?
minus-squareGenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·17 hours agoLet’s not pretend we understand the mechanics of consciousness. If you can prove what is required for consciousness, there’s at least a Nobel prize in it for you.
Let’s not pretend we understand the mechanics of consciousness. If you can prove what is required for consciousness, there’s at least a Nobel prize in it for you.
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