Lol society can't even use ethics to take care of actual 5 year olds among huge groups of other types of people/lifeforms. Lol goddamn...
this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2025
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Who upvotes this phony bullshit from "singularityhub"?
There's only one worthwhile sentence in this slop:
To be clear, there’s no evidence brain organoids can think or feel.
edit: A reason behind the hype. "Biotech" is yesterday's "AI".
people upvote sensationalist bullshit because it's what they emotionally respond to.
lemmy is rapidly become reddit redux, at an even faster pace. tons of crazy people on this site who are just here to get high on ragebait.
and how would we know?
Reasoning.
Does a ALU detect pain? Yes. Does it feel pain? No.
Just because it's organic circuits, doesn't mean they suddenly develop consciousness. That requires secific circuitry and data processing facilities. Organoids are far from sufficient.
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.
So glad someone already said it. I'm a neuroscience PhD student who works with brain organoids and the article is absolutely ridiculous.
Also, I'm not aware of any labs or research that has been able to produce brain organoids with functional blood vessels. Having a necrotic core is normal for old organoids.