Consciousness in Cerebral Organoids - How Would We Know? with Christof Koch

As brain organoids become more widely used in research, concerns about the development of consciousness arise. Christof Koch discusses how we determine and define consciousness and how we look for the underlying physical signatures of consciousness. Recorded on 10/04/2019. [11/2019] [Show ID: 35246]

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[ZechsMerquise]

what a great thing to start on. "I don't know if mathematics is true, but I know you exist because I do."

[xponen]

How to ethically exploit brain organoid as resources... does consciousness arose due to maturity/age like the EEG reading or did it arose due to sensory inputs, if it arose due to maturity/age then will we able to use the Zip method to determine the exact age when it manifest consciousness and abort them before other organoid inside a machine or system become self-aware?

[ikaeksen]

Consciousness doesnt require short-term memory either.

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