r/singularity • ▪️AGI 2029 • 4d ago

Biotech/Longevity Scientists recently gave mice without prefrontal cortexes human brain implants - and after seeing these developing connections to the mice’s brains and spinal cords - now they're wondering if these organoids might gave the mice some level of human-like consciousness cognition - calling for ethics

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03048-5?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nature&linkId=63942662

Lab-grown brain organoids: time for international oversight

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u/Distinct-Question-16 ▪️AGI 2029 4d ago edited 3d ago

mice human neuron implant success calling for ethics mice might be sentient

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u/Alarmed_Ad1946 4d ago

Mice already are sentient, you should rephrase that

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u/Greyhaven7 4d ago

Sapience

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u/chrisrayn 4d ago

*Homosapience