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Five-Year-Old Mini Brains Can Now Mimic a Kindergartener’s Neural Wiring. It’s Time to Talk Ethics. (singularityhub.com)
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Among pressing ethical concerns are whether brain organoids can feel pain or become conscious—and how would we know?

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[–] artifex@piefed.social 21 points 2 days ago

You know "ethics" in scientific pursuit doesn't mean just one thing, right? ie there's a wide swath of territory between "let's breed these fruit flies to study genetics" and "now where did I put my baby decapitator?", and it's important to evaluate the ethical ramifications of an action at each step along the way.