No Need to Worry About Consciousness in Brain Organoids
摘要
Worries about consciousness emerging in vitro in human brain organoids abound in the imaginations of some bioethicists, scientists, and the public. However, these concerns should be allayed once we compare the structural and biological limitations of brain organoids to the anatomical and physiological properties of real human brains that are deemed essential for consciousness. This comparison between the two leads us to conclude that brain organoids are not conscious in any significant way and are unlikely to become so in the foreseeable future.