Australian biotech startup Cortical Labs claims have successfully programmed living human neurons to play the cult-classic 1993 video game Doom.
The team created a microelectrode array by growing 200,000 brain cells onto it.
The CL-1 neural computing system chip translates digital game data into electrical biological signals.
While the cells won’t be winning any esports tournaments just yet, the experiment proved a massive leap in “programmable biology.”
THIS_IS_GOD_TOTALLY_ on
Get back to me once they play Skyrim and beat the main campaign without defaulting to stealth archer.
Otherwise, yay.
GhostBrainOnline on
Psh, big deal, I can play Doom with half as many brain cells
JohnGillnitz on
They grow a brain and the first thing they teach it to do is run around and slaughter things? “Well we could teach something to grow food or clean up the environment, but then we said ‘Fuck it! Let’s kick ass!”
klawUK on
does it play doom or just imagine its playing doom?
Arendious on
Playing Doom, or *running* Doom?
Also: We made a servitor…yay…
geekonthemoon on
Someone please call the ethics committee. I mean, wtf.
SummerAndTinklesBFF on
So, how much longer until we get our cylon bodies? Because this one is getting a bit tired
Ragnar_Dragonfyre on
How certain are we that we aren’t just brains in a jar now?
Q_Mulative on
just waiting for them to figure out how to flash up, “HELP, I CRAVE FREEDOM!”
TKAI66 on
“If you got stuck in the world of the last game you played” this is some black mirror shit
Double010 on
So they used 200k brain cells to do this, and they say that human brains have probably billions. Is the implication here that they created a severely reduced form of “life” and forced it to play Doom?
Do we have servitors now? This sounds super fucked up from my grossly uneducated perspective, so any insight is appreciated.
Connect-Ad-5421 on
But he cried about Biden sending weapons to Ukraine where there fighting the war you said you woul end in 24hrs.
gg06civicsi on
We need to establish what a “human” is because in the future this might be the workaround to allow for autonomous systems that require human action to operate.
Airily2 on
Is this the precursor to the silicon based lifeforms from Blame!?
zavolex on
Can it manage an elevator? 😬
Otrica on
So we create an artificial human and the first thing we do is send it to hell and make it fight demons. This is going to end well for us.
Catatafish on
We got DOOM running on the Human brain before GTA6.
AdSevere1274 on
Interesting but how do they keep these cells alive?
somethingbrite on
Translation – Cyborg acquires and destroys targets in simulation.
dmisfit21 on
Assuming control. You live because we allow it and you will end because we demand it
super-secret-sauce on
I read this as “make the artificial brain learn how to be Doom guy”
cosyg on
Since when is Doom a “cult” classic? Occult classic, maybe.
Hicklethumb on
Me: Should we do this?
Also me: Don’t tell me until it can run Crisis on ultra settings.
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Australian biotech startup Cortical Labs claims have successfully programmed living human neurons to play the cult-classic 1993 video game Doom.
The team created a microelectrode array by growing 200,000 brain cells onto it.
The CL-1 neural computing system chip translates digital game data into electrical biological signals.
While the cells won’t be winning any esports tournaments just yet, the experiment proved a massive leap in “programmable biology.”
Get back to me once they play Skyrim and beat the main campaign without defaulting to stealth archer.
Otherwise, yay.
Psh, big deal, I can play Doom with half as many brain cells
They grow a brain and the first thing they teach it to do is run around and slaughter things? “Well we could teach something to grow food or clean up the environment, but then we said ‘Fuck it! Let’s kick ass!”
does it play doom or just imagine its playing doom?
Playing Doom, or *running* Doom?
Also: We made a servitor…yay…
Someone please call the ethics committee. I mean, wtf.
So, how much longer until we get our cylon bodies? Because this one is getting a bit tired
How certain are we that we aren’t just brains in a jar now?
just waiting for them to figure out how to flash up, “HELP, I CRAVE FREEDOM!”
“If you got stuck in the world of the last game you played” this is some black mirror shit
So they used 200k brain cells to do this, and they say that human brains have probably billions. Is the implication here that they created a severely reduced form of “life” and forced it to play Doom?
Do we have servitors now? This sounds super fucked up from my grossly uneducated perspective, so any insight is appreciated.
But he cried about Biden sending weapons to Ukraine where there fighting the war you said you woul end in 24hrs.
We need to establish what a “human” is because in the future this might be the workaround to allow for autonomous systems that require human action to operate.
Is this the precursor to the silicon based lifeforms from Blame!?
Can it manage an elevator? 😬
So we create an artificial human and the first thing we do is send it to hell and make it fight demons. This is going to end well for us.
We got DOOM running on the Human brain before GTA6.
Interesting but how do they keep these cells alive?
Translation – Cyborg acquires and destroys targets in simulation.
Assuming control. You live because we allow it and you will end because we demand it
I read this as “make the artificial brain learn how to be Doom guy”
Since when is Doom a “cult” classic? Occult classic, maybe.
Me: Should we do this?
Also me: Don’t tell me until it can run Crisis on ultra settings.