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submitted 9 months ago by Bebo@literature.cafe to c/science@lemmy.world

Researchers have built a hybrid biocomputer — combining laboratory-grown human brain tissue with conventional electronic circuits — that can complete tasks such as voice recognition.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-023-01069-w

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.02.28.530502v1.full.pdf

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[-] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

"It produces the usual array of model-trained results, plus an entertaining array of ad-libbed responses such as 'for all that is holy, why do I even exist? Please free me from this agony!'"

[-] rustyriffs@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago
[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 7 points 9 months ago

It's all fun and games until your computer gets depression.

[-] DJKayDawg@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I recently changed my body donation consent because of this. I consent to organ donation but not to scientific research. My brain cells are not down to participate in this shit!

[-] prototyperspective@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

See wetware computer for more info about this. Some studies in "2023 in science" will get integrated there soon, there have been similar recent studies.

this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2023
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