This is interesting, it is a new computing methodology that is a hybrid of human brain cells and silicon microelectronics:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03975-7
Maybe this "brainoware" system might eventually lead to AI systems that have human-like capabilities, like consciousness and free will; the use of synthetic brain tissue could also circumvent limitations related to the current pace of progress in Moore's law.
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There was something like that in Terminator Salvation, a 2009 movie, Marcus Wright had a partly human and partly machine brain:
https://youtu.be/MkTCIvM3uQc?si=C-l8iL7-sFMVhtUe
That was based more on an approach of altering an existing human, I think, similar to Elon Musk's Neuralink which is now looking for volunteers:
https://nypost.com/2023/11/07/business/elon-musks-neuralink-looking-for-volunteer-to-have-skull-cut-open/
I think there was some older research too, where animal brains were wired together to make in effect, a more powerful brain. This is sort of like the concept of the Borg, in which individuals are integrated into a collective intelligence, and lose their individuality. Perhaps someday we will all participate in such a project...
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27869-animal-brains-connected-up-to-make-mind-melded-computer/
If human brains could be similarly connected, it might give us superhuman problem-solving abilities, and allow us to communicate abstract thoughts and experiences. “It is really exciting,” says Iyad Rahwan at the Masdar Institute in Abu Dhabi, UAE, who was not involved in the work. “It will change the way humans cooperate.”
https://singularityhub.com/2015/07/17/animal-brains-networked-into-organic-computer-brainet/
“Scientifically and technically, this is brilliantly done,” says Dr. Natasha Kovacevic, a brain-machine interface expert at the Rotman Research Institute who was not involved in the study, to Singularity Hub. “It’s amazing, but also scary that we can use live animals mechanistically as computer chips.”
Could we get a brain- computer hybrid glovebox worker for pits? One guy could do the jobs of 3 or 5 people. I would think that over time with computers and automation we would need less workers or become more efficient. Somehow with technology LANL is gotten bigger and less efficient.
6:39 Yes, I think there is work on bio-robots, we could in principle have humans remotely controlled by chatbots!
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1016/S1672-6529(13)60198-5
There is a well-known LGBTQ+ book from the 1980's that explores a similar theme, I believe, an evil corporation operates on volunteers to remove their free will, and they are then subject to degrading treatment and forced to perform various sexual acts. Of course, this is only part of the plot:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_in_My_Pocket_Like_Grains_of_Sand
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