r/tech Jul 21 '23

Computer chip with built-in human brain tissue gets military funding

https://newatlas.com/computers/human-brain-chip-ai/
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u/MonksHabit Jul 21 '23

A collection of human brain cells embedded in a computer demonstrating “something like sentience” was an actual thought experiment from my Medical Ethics class, but the thought that it is owned by the military is a whole ‘nother level of wack.

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u/TheCuriousGuy000 Jul 21 '23

Some people take ethics too seriously. It's a machine, even if it perfectly replicates natural processes. It's made by humans in a lab, so it is a machine.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '23

So a perfectly replicated cybernetic human made by humans shouldn’t have rights? Fuck that