Chatting with ChatGPT I learned that latest organoids have about 1 million neurons.
Wondering whether that’s a lot or not, it tells me that bees and other insects have on the order of 10^5, fish, like zebra fish, have on the order of 10^6. So we are engineering fish brains, at least in terms of number of neurons. That’s concerning, as far as I know zebra fish are conscious and can hurt.
What about humans? ChatGPT says humans have around 10^11 neurons, however 10-12 weeks embryo have about 10^6. It so happens that 10 to 12 weeks is the median limit to abort in European countries… and labs want to scale.
I barely know anything about the subject, but imagining a 12 weeks embryo’s brain driving my roomba sure feels weird compared to the silicon version.
Concerns about Organoids
Chatting with ChatGPT I learned that latest organoids have about 1 million neurons.
Wondering whether that’s a lot or not, it tells me that bees and other insects have on the order of 10^5, fish, like zebra fish, have on the order of 10^6. So we are engineering fish brains, at least in terms of number of neurons. That’s concerning, as far as I know zebra fish are conscious and can hurt.
What about humans? ChatGPT says humans have around 10^11 neurons, however 10-12 weeks embryo have about 10^6. It so happens that 10 to 12 weeks is the median limit to abort in European countries… and labs want to scale.
I barely know anything about the subject, but imagining a 12 weeks embryo’s brain driving my roomba sure feels weird compared to the silicon version.