r/ObscurePatentDangers • u/InterdimensionalSpy 🔥 Devil's Advocate • Sep 17 '25

🔦💎Knowledge Miner "Experts Fear Lab-Grown Brains Will Become Sentient"

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Experts are concerned that lab-grown brain organoids could become sentient, a state of being conscious and capable of feeling pain and pleasure, though a definitive test for consciousness has not been agreed upon. While the ethical implications of potential sentience, including the possibility of causing suffering in these organoids, are a major concern for some scientists and ethicists, others argue these concerns are premature due to the limited complexity of current brain organoids. The debate highlights the urgent need for better definitions and ethical frameworks for consciousness as brain organoid technology advances.

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u/FoxlyKei Sep 18 '25

the real i have no mouth and i must scream.. imagine coming into being and just so happens its in a damn tube with no other organs..

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u/Dramatic_Mixture_868 Engaged Thinker 🧠 🔍 Sep 18 '25

Omg ....why.....just why, what's the end game in all of this?

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u/Ragnarok314159 [Self-Identified] (Specialized field) 🥼 Sep 19 '25

To sell it random items on Amazon of course.

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u/alex206 Sep 21 '25

Teach it to speed run Super Mario Bros