Sensory Implications of Brain Organoids with Patricia Churchland

What defines consciousness? Can it develop in a petri dish? Patricia Churchland reviews the current state of brain organoid research and shares her views on how conciseness and physical structures within the brain intersect. She also cautions the media on the tendency to "over hype" new research advances. Recorded on 10/04/2019. [11/2019] [Show ID: 35247]

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[rooseveltpina]

Its surprising how many people express high ethical concerns over an nonexistent issue like consciousness in a dish of cells. Let these people work on the betterment of humankind. They are possibly on the verge of something great.

[lillieholmes]

Yes the future is unpredictable, but you can base some of it on the past.

[helicalactual]

Well answer that when we get there? That is the response is the plan to potentially creating some Boltzmann like brain? She can do better than that, she just hasn’t thought it through and getting called out on it.