Dead Human Brain Tissue Controls Robot: Hybrots Are 20 Years Old, Argue Critics
ryunuck · x · 2026-09-21
An X exchange debates an experiment using cultured neurons from dead human brain tissue to control a robot. One side notes hybrots (cultured rat/human retinal neurons controlling robots) have existed for two decades — the novel part is convincing an IRB to use dead human tissue. The other argues today's AI is a crude snapshot of true artificial consciousness, and future AGI will make it look like "ELIZA 2.0."
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