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World-first biological data center packs 16 mn living human neurons
(interestingengineering.com)
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Ah these guys. Weren't they the ones using electo shock therapy on their "organoids" to "teach" (force) them to play Doom?
https://hwbusters.com/news/human-brain-cells-on-a-chip-learned-to-play-doom-in-a-week/
And didn't said organoids mysteriously "fire" the moment someone walked into the lab?
https://www.sciencealert.com/brain-tissue-grown-in-the-lab-produces-brainwaves-resemblings-pre-term-babies
Nah, it'll be fine.
Hey, here's a cool idea. Why not take "samples" from "neurodivergent" children (let's say... 1500cm^3... throw in some spinal cord), finely sliced, and bathe them in Adderal, Dr Fucking Mengele. Just think how "on task" the compute will be!
In fairness, the ScienceAlert piece notes that if any start to show signs of consciousness, they will "consider" shutting the project down.
Which is reassuring in the way that a fire extinguisher on a rocket is reassuring.
PS: sorry if I was unclear. STOP FUCKING CREATING BRAINS IN A VAT, YOU FUCKING MONSTERS.
"if they show signs of consciousness we'll shut it down" is so absolutely batshit especially when you consider people like me learned while in school that fish don't feel any pain.
We were extremely confidently incorrect about that one.....
This is fucking abhorrent.
Yup, I ain't donating none of my DNA, stem cells or nothing. Sorry organ receiver, I don't want clones of me being used in endless hellish torment after I'm gone. Burn every trace of my existence, thanks. Gonna live like Jerome in Gataca, with a little vacuum cleaner to clean up after my skin cells.
Imagine this company landed the 23 and me database which was sold at open auction?
Making them stupid so they don't appear "human"
Heh the angel of death got to live out a full life. I mentioned this in another post; don't be surprised if your brain gets cross sectioned and scanned before being cremated.
You sure we haven't been already?
Ah. This is a simulation.
We must have done something heinous in “the real.”
Or you opposed roko's Basilisk.
Yeah, that checks out.
Well, I hurt somebody's feelings once
I'm sure it's been going on for a while at this point
I'm pretty sure they want Pantheon as the endgame. Xeroscaping your brain into an image, an image they can spin up and make you work in VR forever.
That would suck so bad. I hope someone will give me a double tap and destroy mine when I pass.
The worms will make sure we are more sufficiently scrambled, than any God-AI can re-assemble.