Interesting thoughts. But the fact remains, they weren't really using the neurons as a "brain", which is what the article/headline claims, they were just using

Interesting thoughts. But the fact remains, they weren't really using the neurons as a "brain", which is what the article/headline claims, they were just using sophisticated software to find an ewualibrium point and self-correct. They were hacking the neurons, yes, but only at the most basic level of neuron function. The author misrepresented the facts by suggesting it was "learned" behavior, and that is, I think, shameful. If the neuron cluster actually learned something, then it would be pretty amazing.