SugarCatDestroyer@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 hours agoScientists grow mini human brains to power computers.www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square70linkfedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down18
arrow-up1214arrow-down1external-linkScientists grow mini human brains to power computers.www.bbc.comSugarCatDestroyer@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 hours agomessage-square70linkfedilink
minus-squaretreadful@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·16 hours agoLots of neat uncomfortable questions arise though. At what point is it conscious? If it never experienced autonomy, life, locomotion, or social human interaction, is it torture or just its natural state of being?
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 hours agoLike how do we know it’s natural state isn’t just pure pain?
Lots of neat uncomfortable questions arise though. At what point is it conscious? If it never experienced autonomy, life, locomotion, or social human interaction, is it torture or just its natural state of being?
Like how do we know it’s natural state isn’t just pure pain?