Brain organoids viewed with a scanning electron microscope
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Balls of human brain cells grown in dishes known as organoids are connected to computers and used to solve mathematical equations. The study is an early step toward using living brain tissue as a form of artificial intelligence, but the goal could raise ethical questions in the future, researchers say.
In a paper posted online before peer review, Feng Guo and his colleagues at Indiana University, Bloomington, say they have “created living AI hardware that harnesses computing power.”
