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A Biological Data Centre represents a new generation of computing infrastructure. Instead of relying solely on conventional silicon chips, it uses “wetware” — living biological neurons derived from stem cells — to process information and support AI systems. In contrast to traditional data centres, which depend on energy-intensive servers, biological computing offers the potential for significantly greater efficiency by harnessing brain-like organoids that can operate using only a fraction of the power required by digital computers.
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As grim as it sounds, this is probably just a grift. It sounds like they’re using stem cells as wires, and they’ll die eventually. There’s some ai word salad in the article too.
Oh so they are aiming for that evangelion shit . Cool cool cool Cool cool cool Cool cool cool
Behold, the incredibly efficient human. It eats garbage, live about 80 years, adapts to any fucking environment….
Yea but it’s just not expensive enough.
This is the worst fucking idea I’ve ever heard. Please don’t create the Mother Brain and hook it up to the internet.
Also: Does it count as AGI if it’s just a gigantic human brain?
Honestly though, let’s just do it. The world is gonna end no matter what we do at this point, at least this finale is interesting.
I was bullshitting with my friends one night talking about nonsense like how we would die. One of the friends pipes up and says if they got cancer or something horrible that they would try and take out as many people as possible. I asked them what they meant and they said they would steal a bus and run over a bunch of people. I was stunned and asked why and they said they wouldn’t go out like a bitch.
🫤
Yay, torment nexus, and if it isn’t yet, it will be soon.
Every day we inch closer to a line the universe will retaliate against us for crossing.
Ah these guys. Weren’t they the ones using electo shock therapy on their “organoids” to “teach” (force) them to play Doom?
https://hwbusters.com/news/human-brain-cells-on-a-chip-learned-to-play-doom-in-a-week/
And didn’t said organoids mysteriously “fire” the moment someone walked into the lab?
Nah, it’ll be fine.
Hey, here’s a cool idea. Why not take “samples” from “neurodivergent” children (let’s say… 1500cm^3… throw in some spinal cord), finely sliced, and bathe them in Adderal, Dr Fucking Mengele. Just think how “on task” the compute will be!
In fairness, the ScienceAlert piece notes that if any start to show signs of consciousness, they will “consider” shutting the project down.
Which is reassuring in the way that a fire extinguisher on a rocket is reassuring.
PS: sorry if I was unclear. STOP FUCKING CREATING BRAINS IN A VAT, YOU FUCKING MONSTERS.
“if they show signs of consciousness we’ll shut it down” is so absolutely batshit especially when you consider people like me learned while in school that fish don’t feel any pain.
We were extremely confidently incorrect about that one…
This is fucking abhorrent.
Heh the angel of death got to live out a full life. I mentioned this in another post; don’t be surprised if your brain gets cross sectioned and scanned before being cremated.
You sure we haven’t been already?
Ah. This is a simulation.
We must have done something heinous in “the real.”
I’m sure it’s been going on for a while at this point
I was there. They let me take a picture of the tech.
first hello world will be ‘kill me’ for this poor thing
Dear humanity,
Consider maybe not.
Thanks,
-A HumanLovely. Man-made horrors beyond our comprehension.
I think that’s true in a very literal sense
Uh oh
This will in no way come back to “haunt” us…
woopsie
The only argument I have to support this is that they only live 30 days and arent developed enough for consciousness. But thats pretty weak considering they will obviously get better and cross the line thats acceptable. So yeah lets not go down this line of research.
