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SCOUT· 65%30m·2023-03-16·Science#176 Human organoids are new AI frontier; Listening to the big bang through the cosmic microwave background
The World, the Universe and Us · 176
Brainoids - tiny clumps of human brain cells - are being turned into living artificial intelligence machines, capable of carrying out tasks like solving complex equations. The team finds out how these brain organoids compare to normal computer-based AIs, and they explore the ethics of it all. Sickle cell disease is…
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