artifexFive-Year-Old Mini Brains Can Now Mimic a Kindergartener’s Neural Wiring. It’s Time to Talk Ethics.
Among pressing ethical concerns are whether brain organoids can feel pain or become conscious—and how would we know?
technocritWho 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”.
PhDs Can't Find Work as Boston's Biotech Engine Sputters - Slashdot
The Wall Street Journal reports that Boston's once-booming biotech sector has hit a sharp downturn, leaving newly minted Ph.D.s struggling to find work as venture funding dries up, lab space sits empty, and companies downsize or relocate amid rising costs and policy uncertainty. The Wall Street Jour...
people upvote sensationalist bullshit because it’s what they emotionally respond to.