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0 pointsrzerowan7mo ago0 comments

"Wetware" as it were , i remeber some research article some time back where they grew some kind of 'brainlets' and had them functional as far as memory was concerned[1]. Would be a interesting to see how that tech would progress while incororatd in the current silicon/photonic devices for input/output. Downside would be the durability of the organic matter and replacement.

[1] https://sciencesensei.com/scientists-created-thinking-brain-...

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aeve8907mo ago· 1 in thread

>Downside would be the durability of the organic matter and replacement.

thinking about the consequences of consumer grade "organic computing" gets weird really fast. How do you interface biological matter with peripherals? What about toxicity? What about pathogens? Not only as targets, but as vectors too. What about senescence? Would my computer catch a cold or get Alzheimer's? What about energy? Would I have to buy proteins/sugar for my PC? Would a "beefy PC master race" kind of machine big enough to gain sentience? Would my PC need to literally sleep?!

Funny to think about it

rzerowanOP7mo ago

I always thought optical signalling would be a interesting i/o pathway being non intrusive in HumanComputer interaction - rather than electrical signalling probes ala neuralink.

Yeah and sentience open a whole new can of ethical/moral implications to sort through.

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