I feel like they probably could use another mammals neural cells and get similar results, but they use human cells because it'll get them attention - and that kind of rubs me the wrong way.
I feel like they probably could use another mammals neural cells and get similar results, but they use human cells because it'll get them attention - and that kind of rubs me the wrong way.
Counterpoint: a major use case for this technology would be to experiment on human brain structures to research and hopefully cure neurological diseases like Alzheimer's. If you want to cure Alzheimer's in humans, you might as well use human brain cells from the start.
But yes, I agree that they're likely using human brain cells mainly because it's attention-getting.
A more likely and immediate use case is having these mini humans autonomously pilot drones in which they'll kill big humans.
I could see the current admin using this as some sort of sick workaround to ethics. Not that they seem to care in the first place
Keep in mind that this is an Australian startup, and they already have some publications out on the ethics of doing this.
If you have any of those publication details handy, a link or citation would be helpful.
Whoever thought people would become Dr Frankenstein for the karma.
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