I'm having a hard time deciding if this is cool or scares me a little.
In the first article it is shown that we have actually developed living 'test tube' brains. While I find it cool that this could help a lot in the development of brain related illnesses treatments, I also see where it could be used in a bad way.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/researche ... 2179861831In this article is discussed the development of a 'brain on a chip' where artificial synapses are used to make decisions. A working model is apparently 95% accurate at hand writing recognition. The potential is that the computing power of a super computer could be put on a chip the size of a finger nail. Again, very cool but, somewhat, worrisome.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/artificia ... o-reality/In both cases are we going too far considering our apparent lack of wisdom as a species? What worries me is the thought of what either technology could mean in warfare. I picture a weapon with the computing ability of a brain but without conscience. In a way I say this in a 'tongue in cheek' manner but one of the first things that came to my mind was the movie Matrix.
Don't take this as though I'm freaking out over any of this as I'm not. It just worries me a bit when technology shows up that very well may surpass the maturity of our global societies.