7 Thought Experiments Based on Real Studies
<p>This thought experiment is inspired by three completely unrelated developments last year. The first was the stunning report out of Melbourne, Australia, that researchers at Cortical Labs developed a system they call Dishbrain, which is basically a slimy monolayer of cultured neurons growing in a Petri dish and linked to a computer through electrodes. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2022.09.001?utm_source=proto.life&utm_campaign=54b24c3cf4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_10_11_09_46&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_253ae8788d-54b24c3cf4-" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">In their paper</a>, they describe how they used electrophysiological feedback and stimulation to teach the cells to play a version of the video game Pong in just five minutes. They say the technology could be used to test theories of how the brain interacts with the world and to better understand human intelligence in general.</p>
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