We Are Putting Mini Human Brains in Animals and They're Getting Smarter

We need to talk about human brain organoids!
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[MictheVegan]

So I have a string on my chest that I foresee as causing some viewers a lot of distress based on previous comments. We can put this one in the 'Top 10 Most Distracting/Bothersome Loose Threads and Hairs' list! Would it bother a mini brain?

That being said, who would you rather have driving your car if you had to choose, AI or a mini brain? Like 10 years in the future when they are larger. Would it not be vegan to use a mini brain? It's not a animal per se but it is alive!

[eng.miroslavmanahilov]

Aw, sweet! Man-made horrors beyond your comprehension!

“You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension.”
-Nikola Tesla

[scottgardener]

Augmenting the intelligence of non-human animals, followed by subjecting them to torturing research, is literally Rocket’s backstory.

[juno]

Researchers: If I ever get a neurodegenerative disease never EVER hurt an animal in my name or to help me or to grab money from me. Thank you.

[Thaumiel]

Dog: (finds a cure for all diseases)
Scientist: "How did you do that?"
Dog: "The compound boosts the immune system and...."
Scientist: "YES YES the antibodies, I get it, but how do YOU know?! I created YOU so how do YOU know?!"

[mindinmotion]

In my opinion, the driving force behind any technological development is always purely curiosity. All other reasons such as curing diseases, winning wars, etc. is to obtain a budget. In order to succeed in limiting the negative sides of technological developments it is useful to first recognize what the main motive is. As long as researchers hide behind altruistic goals it is very difficult to create real supervision. By the way, curiosity is a very powerful force and we need to respect this instinct. Just remember that those who are curious are not able to know when to stop and at what pace to move forward.

[nuke]

Are we literally creating immortal beings and then force them to complete meaningless tasks in a computer? What if we create a brain of 20 tons? Would that brain not only be alive, but experience life beyond what we can? Would it be too much intelligence to bear?

[justwhistlinpixie]

14:35 I just wanted to point out that having the same brain signature as a 7 or 8 month old fetus is beyond the age of viability. Babies are born premature at that gestational age (28-32 weeks) every day.

[ying]

I guess connecting them to computer hardware is like how neuralink works. I need to learn more about how that works

[marley]

This feels like a spy kids movie plot. Where they are making petri dish brains to eventually make super soldiers.

[cannabearr]

Been binging your videos this might be my new favorite channel 😃

[Eddierath]

I don't know why people still search for ethics in advancement...

[jean]

Is this what happened to Rocket Raccoon in the movie Guardians of the Galaxy?

[jvlbme]

The horror isn't at all the possible outcomes of this, but what torture the lab animals experience daily.

Edit: I do not at all mean nothing bad will come out of this, but that it isn't comparable to the horrors of animal testing. And most importantly we shouldn't focus, like we always do, on ourselves.

[AH-cymd]

Aargh it is so frustrating when most people give more “rights“ and “consideration of interest“ to a small clump of human cells than they do to living breathing sentient beings simply because they are not human. 😢

[prodigal_southerner]

Scientists can be terrifying sometimes.

[ShiLofi]

They literally grew a human butterfly what

[jeffhays]

The idea that organoid brain blobs suddenly develop eyes on their own is unsettling somehow.

[sage]

Mic, you are encountering alot of horrible things - and managing to be here standing for ethics and truth. How do you not stress out compietely? Your work is heroic. You are appreciated.

[michaelbarron]

We are the way we are because of chemicals and and different parts of the brain working together. So long as scientists don’t give it the parts to feel pain or fear or anything else we should be fine.