Among pressing ethical concerns are whether brain organoids can feel pain or become conscious—and how would we know?

Among pressing ethical concerns are whether brain organoids can feel pain or become conscious—and how would we know?

  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 days ago

    These also have no real inputs and outputs, so it’s hard to see how they could have some kind of consciousness. Still, brain organoids have been a source of ethical debate since the beginning. The assembloid things mentioned sound a little riskier yet.