Hundreds of thousands of brain cells in a dish are being taught to play Pong by responding to pulses of electricity – and can improve their performance more quickly than an AI can
And multiple different kinds of brain cells arranged in a specific way, and a container, and a nervous system it's not capable of operating or living without.
Cells can't think. Neither can collections of cells in petri dishes. This (the content of this article) really doesn't seem like anything worth worrying about - it's just sensationalist pop-science nonsense.
Corollary to the idea of this being a living, thinking being with rights would be that a fetus is also a living, thinking being with rights - much more so. I think basically everyone here agrees that that isn't the case.
This is a collection of brain cells, it's not a conscious being.
??? my brain is a collection of brain cells. Am I not conscious?
Your brain is much more than a bunch of cells in a dish.
not really, it's just a big dish with a specific pattern
And multiple different kinds of brain cells arranged in a specific way, and a container, and a nervous system it's not capable of operating or living without.
Cells can't think. Neither can collections of cells in petri dishes. This (the content of this article) really doesn't seem like anything worth worrying about - it's just sensationalist pop-science nonsense.
Corollary to the idea of this being a living, thinking being with rights would be that a fetus is also a living, thinking being with rights - much more so. I think basically everyone here agrees that that isn't the case.