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Think. Again.

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6. I was wondering when...
Wed May 29, 2024, 09:37 PM
May 2024

...they were going to get around to using biological materials to build computers rather than minerals.

I think now we're getting close to the having to ask the question of whether, if we instill learning AI into biological materials, and build it so that it is self sustaining somehow, have we created life?

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My bio-engineer daughter verifies this is real. It will change the world lindysalsagal May 2024 #1
Yeah. LudwigPastorius May 2024 #2
Yeah, a tad creepy PatSeg May 2024 #3
Grody but fascinating. chowder66 May 2024 #4
At least it'll give us another excuse to skip out from work. LudwigPastorius May 2024 #5
Brain drain! chowder66 May 2024 #7
Can't wait for all the cute TikTok brain videos!! chowder66 May 2024 #8
...or, for the MAGA/Q conspiracy that Democrats are harvesting fetuses to run Hillary's email server. LudwigPastorius May 2024 #11
I was wondering when... Think. Again. May 2024 #6
The hard question is that of consciousness. triron May 2024 #9
That's always been a question though... Think. Again. May 2024 #14
! LudwigPastorius May 2024 #10
Lab grown brains? Wednesdays May 2024 #12
Abby Normal? nt Hotler May 2024 #13
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