In vitro neurons learn and exhibit sentience when embodied in a game-world(2022)
18 points by rolph
by shomp
4 subcomments
The fact that the perceptron is modeled after the neuron should make this an unsurprising find, but the question of active sentience starting as early as in vitro should give everyone pause for where personhood begins. That zinc spark.
by stubish
0 subcomment
Good on them for defining what they mean by 'sentience'. I think it is the definition where my thermostat exhibits sentience.
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