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New horrifying dystopia just dropped
These 'living computers' are made from human neurons — and you can rent one for $500 a month
https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/these-living-computers-are-made-from-human-neurons
@TheBreadmonkey Calling Peter Watts to the ‘Don’t Invent the Torment Nexus’ phone - someone has just invented Head Cheese.
@TheBreadmonkey I wonder if the life begins at conception people are outraged. I think it is dead creepy and keep imagining the point of consciousness...
I assume consciousness works in the same way it does with Adrian Tchaikovskys 'Bees'. A character who is a swarm of sentient bees. One bee - idiot. Loads of bees - supergenius. I should point out at this point I am not a scientist.
@TheBreadmonkey rather the reverse of humans then, where one can be intelligent whereas a group are often idiots.
@TheBreadmonkey oh boy man made horrors beyond comprehension for only $500 a month!
@TheBreadmonkey Ah, the original plot of "The Matrix".
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Sounds good.
@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party that actually sounds like really cool and (maybe) useful tech.
yeah the current version is barely useful and whether is can be improved is a big if. Also ofc you get all the AI chatter. But in principle, computing with neurons instead of silicon? Sounds potentially useful.
We've fed some data in and are just getting the results come through now. We asked it 'what is the meaning of life' and its answer is....
"Where...... am..... I..... why..... can't.... I..... see........what......is....... happening....... heeeeelp....... meeeeeeeee....... kiiill....... meeeee......pleeeease...."
Well folks, nothing conclusive yet, but we'll keep on trying!
I don't see anything horrifying here. Organoid development is already a fruitful research field and any work involving cultured neurons would have to adhere existing bioethics standards.
I'm sure. But unfortunately that doesn't fit the very narrow understanding of it I've employed for the purposes of humour. 
All messing about aside though, I think the most genuinely disturbing thing about it is the rental aspect. Like - we've harnessed 'human' bio-power for the purposes of research and want to rent that to you. I wonder how the religious nuts feel about that.
@TheBreadmonkey @Flittermouse @aral Will they decide an organic computer has a soul?
That was a hard NO from the wife, informing me we already have human neurons at home.
Might reconsider once someone ports Doom to it…
@TheBreadmonkey this is how The Matrix started, mark my words, it starts with a brain drain…
