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🇨🇳 CHINA BUILT A ROBOT WITH A HUMAN BRAIN
Chinese scientists grew a cerebral organoid — a mini brain made from human stem cells — and connected it to a robot.
Not just for show: the brainlet controls physical movement, dodges obstacles, grabs objects, and even shows signs of synaptic plasticity — meaning it can learn and adapt based on experience.
They embedded it into a brain-on-chip system, combining neural tissue with silicon circuitry — essentially a hybrid bio-digital processor.
This could revolutionize neuroscience, drug testing, and AI development.
But it also drags us straight into Blade Runner territory: machines that don’t simulate thought, but actually have it.
The ethical red flags are everywhere:
What counts as consciousness?
Where’s the line between tool and entity?
Are we growing minds to serve machines?
Cool? Yes.
Chilling? Also yes.
Source: FutureNowShow