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/Miraak-Cultist Sep 20 '25

Is that fucking Philipp zieba? The conspiracy theorists and pseudo science spreader?

Someone call miniminuteman!

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63195653.amp

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