▲ 165 ▼ Musician Who Died in 2021 Resurrected as Clump of Brain Matter, Now Composing New Music (futurism.com) submitted 2 years ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world 66 comments fedilink hide all child comments Stem cells were grown and then connected to brass plates.
[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 78 points 2 years ago (25 children) I hope to all holy fuck it’s not conscious. permalink fedilink source hideshow 25 child comments replies: [–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 76 points 2 years ago (4 children) "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ptz@dubvee.org 51 points 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_and_Mary_%28short_story%29 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I had no idea that he wrote any horror… but that’s a pretty cool story permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago A lot of his stuff is very dark This for instance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb_to_the_Slaughter permalink fedilink source parent [–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 34 points 2 years ago (6 children) It's a few cerebral cells across a mesh-- I think achieving consciousness needs a bit more than that permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 2 years ago (5 children) I think achieving consciousness needs a bit more than that Good thing nobody knows for sure! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) nobody knows for sure! But I intend to find out! ReBoot!!! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 2 years ago that takes me back. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago* Well, we do know for sure it'd take more than this. We don't know what it would take, but this is far beyond the minimum it could take. If that's all it is then almost every form of life on Earth would have to be assumed to be conscious. (Sentience is actually the word we are talking about). permalink fedilink source parent [–] bacon_saber@fedia.io 1 point 2 years ago Hey, let's ask it! permalink fedilink source parent [–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago The soul exists. Trust. permalink fedilink source parent [–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 15 points 2 years ago* Don't worry too much, it's not even part of his actual brain. It's a bunch of random brain cells grown from a DNA sample. If we could make new conscious lifeforms from this, Blade Runner would be a documentary already. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AJ1@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago according to the article it's a tiny smattering of brain cells grown from stem cells derived from his blood, which he donated before he died specifically for this experiment. it is in no way conscious. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) We'll never know until it starts multiplying rapidly and breaks out of the lab. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] palordrolap@fedia.io 4 points 2 years ago Henrietta Lacks hasn't managed it yet. Look her up. It's at least as bad as this if not more so. "Yet" being the operative word here. There's a disease in dogs that started in some very similar circumstances (although happening in nature rather than from a science accident). One slip-up from an immunocompromised tech with just the right genetic make-up and it begins. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Lembot_0001@lemm.ee -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 years ago (7 children) How do you know? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [+] Lembot_0001@lemm.ee -16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 29 points 2 years ago Everyone dies. It must be cool if everyone does it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dedales@slrpnk.net 19 points 2 years ago (4 children) https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/Appeal-to-Common-Sense permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ah there's a word for it. I'm trans and I get a lot of fuckers using the "You're a man if you're born that way!" Card on me They act like it's so obvious and that I'm big dumb for not "getting it" So I am relieved to see this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* The people who can’t understand how you know your own body better than they do are the same people who can’t see why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. SMH permalink fedilink source parent [+] Lembot_0001@lemm.ee -17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] dedales@slrpnk.net -1 points 2 years ago Moral right to comment 😂 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 76 points 2 years ago (4 children) "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ptz@dubvee.org 51 points 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_and_Mary_%28short_story%29 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I had no idea that he wrote any horror… but that’s a pretty cool story permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago A lot of his stuff is very dark This for instance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb_to_the_Slaughter permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_and_Mary_%28short_story%29 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I had no idea that he wrote any horror… but that’s a pretty cool story permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago A lot of his stuff is very dark This for instance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb_to_the_Slaughter permalink fedilink source parent
[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I had no idea that he wrote any horror… but that’s a pretty cool story permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago A lot of his stuff is very dark This for instance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb_to_the_Slaughter permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago A lot of his stuff is very dark This for instance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb_to_the_Slaughter permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 34 points 2 years ago (6 children) It's a few cerebral cells across a mesh-- I think achieving consciousness needs a bit more than that permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 2 years ago (5 children) I think achieving consciousness needs a bit more than that Good thing nobody knows for sure! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) nobody knows for sure! But I intend to find out! ReBoot!!! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 2 years ago that takes me back. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago* Well, we do know for sure it'd take more than this. We don't know what it would take, but this is far beyond the minimum it could take. If that's all it is then almost every form of life on Earth would have to be assumed to be conscious. (Sentience is actually the word we are talking about). permalink fedilink source parent [–] bacon_saber@fedia.io 1 point 2 years ago Hey, let's ask it! permalink fedilink source parent [–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago The soul exists. Trust. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 2 years ago (5 children) I think achieving consciousness needs a bit more than that Good thing nobody knows for sure! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) nobody knows for sure! But I intend to find out! ReBoot!!! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 2 years ago that takes me back. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago* Well, we do know for sure it'd take more than this. We don't know what it would take, but this is far beyond the minimum it could take. If that's all it is then almost every form of life on Earth would have to be assumed to be conscious. (Sentience is actually the word we are talking about). permalink fedilink source parent [–] bacon_saber@fedia.io 1 point 2 years ago Hey, let's ask it! permalink fedilink source parent [–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago The soul exists. Trust. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) nobody knows for sure! But I intend to find out! ReBoot!!! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 2 years ago that takes me back. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 2 years ago that takes me back. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago* Well, we do know for sure it'd take more than this. We don't know what it would take, but this is far beyond the minimum it could take. If that's all it is then almost every form of life on Earth would have to be assumed to be conscious. (Sentience is actually the word we are talking about). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 15 points 2 years ago* Don't worry too much, it's not even part of his actual brain. It's a bunch of random brain cells grown from a DNA sample. If we could make new conscious lifeforms from this, Blade Runner would be a documentary already. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AJ1@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago according to the article it's a tiny smattering of brain cells grown from stem cells derived from his blood, which he donated before he died specifically for this experiment. it is in no way conscious. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) We'll never know until it starts multiplying rapidly and breaks out of the lab. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] palordrolap@fedia.io 4 points 2 years ago Henrietta Lacks hasn't managed it yet. Look her up. It's at least as bad as this if not more so. "Yet" being the operative word here. There's a disease in dogs that started in some very similar circumstances (although happening in nature rather than from a science accident). One slip-up from an immunocompromised tech with just the right genetic make-up and it begins. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 4 points 2 years ago Henrietta Lacks hasn't managed it yet. Look her up. It's at least as bad as this if not more so. "Yet" being the operative word here. There's a disease in dogs that started in some very similar circumstances (although happening in nature rather than from a science accident). One slip-up from an immunocompromised tech with just the right genetic make-up and it begins. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Lembot_0001@lemm.ee -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 years ago (7 children) How do you know? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [+] Lembot_0001@lemm.ee -16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 29 points 2 years ago Everyone dies. It must be cool if everyone does it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dedales@slrpnk.net 19 points 2 years ago (4 children) https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/Appeal-to-Common-Sense permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ah there's a word for it. I'm trans and I get a lot of fuckers using the "You're a man if you're born that way!" Card on me They act like it's so obvious and that I'm big dumb for not "getting it" So I am relieved to see this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* The people who can’t understand how you know your own body better than they do are the same people who can’t see why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. SMH permalink fedilink source parent [+] Lembot_0001@lemm.ee -17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] dedales@slrpnk.net -1 points 2 years ago Moral right to comment 😂 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 years ago (7 children) How do you know? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [+] Lembot_0001@lemm.ee -16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 29 points 2 years ago Everyone dies. It must be cool if everyone does it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dedales@slrpnk.net 19 points 2 years ago (4 children) https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/Appeal-to-Common-Sense permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ah there's a word for it. I'm trans and I get a lot of fuckers using the "You're a man if you're born that way!" Card on me They act like it's so obvious and that I'm big dumb for not "getting it" So I am relieved to see this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* The people who can’t understand how you know your own body better than they do are the same people who can’t see why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. SMH permalink fedilink source parent [+] Lembot_0001@lemm.ee -17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] dedales@slrpnk.net -1 points 2 years ago Moral right to comment 😂 permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Lembot_0001@lemm.ee -16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 29 points 2 years ago Everyone dies. It must be cool if everyone does it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dedales@slrpnk.net 19 points 2 years ago (4 children) https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/Appeal-to-Common-Sense permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ah there's a word for it. I'm trans and I get a lot of fuckers using the "You're a man if you're born that way!" Card on me They act like it's so obvious and that I'm big dumb for not "getting it" So I am relieved to see this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* The people who can’t understand how you know your own body better than they do are the same people who can’t see why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. SMH permalink fedilink source parent [+] Lembot_0001@lemm.ee -17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] dedales@slrpnk.net -1 points 2 years ago Moral right to comment 😂 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 29 points 2 years ago Everyone dies. It must be cool if everyone does it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dedales@slrpnk.net 19 points 2 years ago (4 children) https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/Appeal-to-Common-Sense permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ah there's a word for it. I'm trans and I get a lot of fuckers using the "You're a man if you're born that way!" Card on me They act like it's so obvious and that I'm big dumb for not "getting it" So I am relieved to see this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* The people who can’t understand how you know your own body better than they do are the same people who can’t see why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. SMH permalink fedilink source parent [+] Lembot_0001@lemm.ee -17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] dedales@slrpnk.net -1 points 2 years ago Moral right to comment 😂 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ah there's a word for it. I'm trans and I get a lot of fuckers using the "You're a man if you're born that way!" Card on me They act like it's so obvious and that I'm big dumb for not "getting it" So I am relieved to see this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* The people who can’t understand how you know your own body better than they do are the same people who can’t see why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. SMH permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* The people who can’t understand how you know your own body better than they do are the same people who can’t see why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. SMH permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Lembot_0001@lemm.ee -17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] dedales@slrpnk.net -1 points 2 years ago Moral right to comment 😂 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dedales@slrpnk.net -1 points 2 years ago Moral right to comment 😂 permalink fedilink source parent