• @tyrant
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    24 months ago

    Seems like it’s an ethical gray area. Some brain organoid have responded to light stimulus and there are concerns they might be able to feel pain or develop consciousness. (Full disclosure, I had no idea what an organoid even was before reading this and then did some quick follow up reading)

    • @TheBananaKing
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      64 months ago

      How complex does a neural net have to be before you can call any of its outputs ‘pain’?

      Start with a lightswitch with ‘pain’ written on a post-it note stuck to the on position, end with a toddler. Where’s the line?

      • @tyrant
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        54 months ago

        I think that’s why it’s a gray area. No one knows