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SeaJ@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

'Brain-in-a-jar' biocomputers can now learn to control robots

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'Brain-in-a-jar' biocomputers can now learn to control robots

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SeaJ@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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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.
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    Only if they confirm it can experience consciousness and tremendous amounts of pain will they deploy them on a large scale industrial 24/day meaningless jobs.
    The system demands blood.

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      It needs to have the intelligence of a 5 year old at minimum before we send it to the mines, so it can feel it

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    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.

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      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

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        In a couple years, they’ll be able to make Trump voters.

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        Some amphibians have less than two million.

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          And they are ceos!

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      Nah it’s okay. I was called all sorts of names and told I was against progress when I raised such concerns, so obviously I was wrong…

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    Is there any actual evidence of any of this? Why not show some of the “brains-in-a-jar” walking around?

    It’s just a bunch of huckster promotion, “infographics”, and phony pictures of Krang. The only actual photos are a few tiny petri dishes. There are no “brains” controlling robots.

    The grift is strong and travels far beyond any national border.

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    Murderbot.

    Murrrderbooooot.

    800,000 brain cells played pong.

    Creepy.

    That’s murderbot’s ancestor.

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      Has it asked for any soap operas yet?

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        A scant couple hundred thousand more brain cells and we’ll be there.

        Cheap shot, I’ve never dared a soap opera myself.

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      Wait, why is his name Robobrain when his brain is the only non-robotic part? Either Robobody or Biobrain/Wetbrain would be more adequate names

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    This came up in my Discover feed and I initially assumed it was a fake news site. Unfortunately all the things in the article are indeed real (aside from the robo-brains which they note are mock ups). The brain cells learning to play Pong made the news last year. Combine this with the creepy as hell skin grafted onto a robot and you have nightmare fuel for life.

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    No way this is real. The brain looks like a gyro rotisserie.

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