Can you not?
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Oh good! Technological horrors beyond my comprehension
They're not mini human brains though. They're little clusters of cells. The BBC's headline is deliberately (and irresponsibly) provocative and misleading.
so brains, but smaller
A human brain isn't just a lump of brain cells, it's an exquisitely intricately assemblage of brain cells in very precisely organized networks that perform very specific functions. Without the organization, the same number of brain cells are not a brain
We flat out do not understand consciousness. There was a case of a guy living a normal life while missing 90% of his brain. Who knows how many undocumented cases there are or what the limits are? Until we understand whether or not we’re creating consciousness and the nature of it, we shouldn’t be fucking around with anything that could wind up being conscious in any capacity that exists only as a part of a machine.
Not really. Brain cells, but not in a brain.
This is what the Matrix should have been about.
Fucking batteries?!?! This makes so much more sense.
Maybe they needed more energy and manipulate the brain cells to grow humans.
Chat is this slavery?
In the same way you've enslaved your liver and lungs, sure.
For years now I’ve told everyone that the future was gonna be more like 40k and less like Star Trek.
Servitors here we come!!