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Genuine question: why "should" we be going in this direction?
by austinjp 4y ago
Genuine question: why "should" we be going in this direction?
- serf 4y agopost-apocalyptic horrible scenarios aside, there are plenty of therapeutic reasons why it would be nice to have neuron-level control of brain tissue.
- rongopo 4y agoIs curiosity a good answer for you? For me it is.
- seydor 4y agobecause it's bottom-up, as opposed to mouse studies that impose our own ideas and record from a tiny fraction of brain cells
- EricMausler 4y agoTo fight neurodegenerative diseases
- austinjp 4y agoExcept the lab doing this make no mention of treating disease. They want to "shortcut machine learning" by using living tissue to perform tasks: https://corticallabs.com/ https://corticallabs.com/
- EricMausler 4y agoWell they sound like mad scientists. Hopefully The research is still helpful for medical advancements
- moffkalast 4y agoBecause we can, and if we don't someone less ethical will.
- trgn 4y ago"if we don't someone less ethical will." But they still will, why wouldn't they if supposed ethical researchers do as well. I've heard this sort of argument before, and I understand the reasoning behind it.
- eli_gottlieb 4y agoWe do what we must, because we can.