Organoids are three-dimensional clumps of biological tissue that scientists have been growing and experimenting with for years.
Hartung and colleagues unveil an extensive vision for the future of OI on Tuesday in the journalFrontiers in Science.
Using organoids grown from cells is advantageous for scientists because it doesn’t require human or animal testing.
“This opens up research on how the human brain works,“Hartung saidin a statement.
“The brain is still unmatched by modern computers,” Hartung said.
“Frontier, the latest supercomputer in Kentucky, is a $600 million, 6,800-square-feet installation.
The promise of OI is to add some new qualities.”
Concepts like biological computers and organoid intelligence could lead to a library’s worth of new ethical discussions.
“There is probably no technology without unintended consequences,” Hartung told me.
However, like AI, the problem comes as soon as we give AI/OI autonomy.
Machines, whether based on siliceous or cellular machinery, must not decide about human life.”
