Mini brain organoids ‘reading’ Braille marks key step towards biohybrid computing
(www.frontiersin.org)
It is transmitting a thing, there is nothing more happening yet. Altough of course eventually the goal is making new neurons capable of all the stuff of which a neuron is capable.
Although I would understand having a total aversion to any kind of artifical neuron. I think there is tremendous potential for healing down that road.