This was signed off by an ethics review board...

they will soon to use real human brains eventually.

As grim as it sounds, this is probably just a grift. It sounds like they're using stem cells as wires, and they'll die eventually. There's some ai word salad in the article too.

Oh so they are aiming for that evangelion shit . Cool cool cool Cool cool cool Cool cool cool

Yay, torment nexus, and if it isn't yet, it will be soon.

Behold, the incredibly efficient human. It eats garbage, live about 80 years, adapts to any fucking environment….

Yea but it’s just not expensive enough.

This is the worst fucking idea I've ever heard. Please don't create the Mother Brain and hook it up to the internet.

Also: Does it count as AGI if it's just a gigantic human brain?

Ah these guys. Weren't they the ones using electo shock therapy on their "organoids" to "teach" (force) them to play Doom?

https://hwbusters.com/news/human-brain-cells-on-a-chip-learned-to-play-doom-in-a-week/

And didn't said organoids mysteriously "fire" the moment someone walked into the lab?

https://www.sciencealert.com/brain-tissue-grown-in-the-lab-produces-brainwaves-resemblings-pre-term-babies

Nah, it'll be fine.

Hey, here's a cool idea. Why not take "samples" from "neurodivergent" children (let's say... 1500cm^3... throw in some spinal cord), finely sliced, and bathe them in Adderal, Dr Fucking Mengele. Just think how "on task" the compute will be!

In fairness, the ScienceAlert piece notes that if any start to show signs of consciousness, they will "consider" shutting the project down.

Which is reassuring in the way that a fire extinguisher on a rocket is reassuring.

PS: sorry if I was unclear. STOP FUCKING CREATING BRAINS IN A VAT, YOU FUCKING MONSTERS.

Every day we inch closer to a line the universe will retaliate against us for crossing.

I was there. They let me take a picture of the tech.

Dear humanity,

Consider maybe not.

Thanks,
-A Human

Lovely. Man-made horrors beyond our comprehension.

first hello world will be ‘kill me’ for this poor thing

Uh oh

They should use the neurons of the tech oligarchs if they’re so smart.

The only argument I have to support this is that they only live 30 days and arent developed enough for consciousness. But thats pretty weak considering they will obviously get better and cross the line thats acceptable. So yeah lets not go down this line of research.

New grift just dropped

This research will be funding Chairs at university Ethics departments for decades to come.

Don't be fooled. They are illithids in disguise.