Human brain cells used as living AIs to solve mathematical equations

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Brain organoids grown successful a laboratory tin beryllium utilized to execute basal computation tasks, but determination are large unanswered questions astir however acold this attack should beryllium taken

By Michael Le Page

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14 March 2023

A encephalon organoid viewed with a scanning electron microscope

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Balls of quality encephalon cells grown successful a dish, known arsenic organoids, person been linked to computers and utilized to lick mathematical equations. The enactment is an aboriginal measurement towards utilizing surviving encephalon insubstantial arsenic a signifier of artificial intelligence, but this extremity whitethorn rise ethical questions successful the future, researchers say.

In a insubstantial posted online earlier adjacent review, Feng Guo astatine Indiana University Bloomington and his colleagues accidental they person created “living AI hardware that harnesses the computation powerfulness …

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