Comments on Robots With Human Brains
What is self-organizing and intelligent and comes in a convenient paste? Human brain cells, that's what. (Read
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"I can't wait for maze races with human brain cell-controlled robots versus rat brain cell-controlled robots like the one shown in this cool video.
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(Bill Christensen 9/14/2009 5:25:58 AM)
"I find the idea of using human brain cells a bit ethically dubious. I have no problem with them using mice brain cells, but human cells is another matter.
At what point does a couple of cells exceed the sum of the total?
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( 9/14/2009 10:58:46 PM)
"will the human one look like a Dalek or cyberman?"
( 9/15/2009 2:59:42 AM)
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