Up front:Organoids are synthetic biological constructs that mimic human organs to various degrees.
Scientists grow organoids by programming stem cell clusters.
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But that kind of stuff might be a long way off.
As you’re free to imagine, growing synthetic brains is incredibly complex.
As it’s possible for you to imagine, growing synthetic brains is incredibly complex.
Getting it just right has, so far, required decades of trial and error.
With time, this research could lead to more robust brain cultures.
Which begs the question, what happens if we connect a brain implant to a functional synthetic brain?
Neuralinkclaimsits going to perform human trials by the end of 2022, but were not holding our breath.
That being said, theres no stopping progress.
One day, humans will have functional brain implants.
And what better way to test them than on synthetic brains that mimic the real thing?
That technology feels a long ways off.
But so do synthetic brains that imitate human brains.
And, for that matter, so does human-level artificial intelligence.
It stands to reason that those three technologies will inevitably intersect.
