Melbourne startup launches 'biological computer' made of human brain cells

I understand it's early days, but that is horrifying.

Just think… if we can get it up to a few million cells and provide it with a blood supply, maybe even lungs and a heart, we might be able to model a mouse!

Really hoping human brain cells don't necessarily create consciousness, in this case.

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream.

This reminds me of Minds Beneath Us. Mankind really has no limits, and who decides where to stop anyway?

What I really found interesting was that you could create neurons from blood &amp; connect them together ?<p>I am not a biologist but I am wondering , can we create something like an immortal neuron ? I know that there are these water pigs &#x2F; tardigrades which are very small and they look cute , can such tardigrades like organic matter be used for things like neuron , and also I am wondering. Can we really take a exact copy of these biological computers in terms of storage &#x2F; data ? That way biological computers can still be conserved forever ?

Similar to the brain cheese in rifters that betrays humanity because it koves simple patterns

I imagine training time would be an issue with biological computers. Waiting for chemicals means a very low clock speed. And you can&#x27;t run a 100 training jobs in parallel and merge them.

What kind of problems can it solve better than traditional software and hardware?

this is very good news. does it change the ethical concerns if we are using them to transport consciousness to other planets instead of just using them in a lab? I think it does. nature is pretty savage. extending consciousness off world as best we can seems like a natural imperative. I have the sense that programs for organic machines may ultimately resemble music as well.

&quot;current systems are too primitive to feel or understand.&quot;<p>Is there evidence to suggest that if it can feel or understand, that would actually be an issue?<p>Every day millions of sentient beings are killed for human consumption and millions more wait in torturous conditions.<p>It would be odd if there was outrage over a bio computer, but not over, say, the practice of using cows and pigs for food, which feel pain, have rich emotional lives, and have the inteligence of at least small children.

this does seem like it would skip a lot of the questions about whether it’s even possible to make a machine intelligence

I think it would have more questions than answers. When he learns what we&#x27;ve done he is going to be so mad. lol

Pretty sure Doctor Who destroyed that lab in Genesis of the Daleks.<p>Maybe that&#x27;s in the future, not sure.