VissFeb 28

on todays episode of what the actual fuck...

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2517389-human-brain-cells-on-a-chip-learned-to-play-doom-in-a-week/

Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week

Neuron-powered computer chips can now be easily programmed to play a first-person shooter game, bringing biological computers a step closer to useful applications

New Scientist
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also the screenshot they used is very much not actually doom. they very obviously got an ai to generate a screenshot of doom, which is stupid, because a quadrillion of them exist everywhere, and it failed miserably. look at the picture for five seconds and try not to wince
Show threadJ4ckFeb 28
@Viss Why tho?
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@jackryder

.... ssssssssssssscience?

Show threadJ4ckFeb 28

@Viss riiiiiight

Sciiience.

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@Viss
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@jackryder im not sure what this is, but it doesnt look like syndicate
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@Viss @jackryder Fallout 2 or 1, can't recall perfectly after these years.
Feb 28 at 9:10amMastodon for Android
Show threadJ4ckFeb 28

@isd_d @Viss
Oh sorry, yes. I believe it's Fallout 1, hinting at the synths.

I just searched for "Brain in a jar" when I was looking.

The article gives "we've grown brains to do the work of..." vibes.