Scientists Now Want to Create AI Using Real Human Brain Cells

Vice reported:

Machine-learning models like the one that powers ChatGPT are generating essays, short stories and entire podcasts. But scientists are looking into another way of computing that could be just as efficient and powerful, and it’s in our brains.

In a new article published on Tuesday in Frontiers, a large international collaboration led by researchers at John Hopkins University (JHU) details how brain-machine technologies are the newest frontier in biocomputing, and provides a roadmap as to how to make it a reality.

As the paper explains, organoid intelligence (OI) is an emerging field where researchers are developing biological computing using 3D cultures of human brain cells (brain organoids) and brain-machine interface technologies.

These organoids share aspects of brain structure and function that play a key role in cognitive functions like learning and memory. They would essentially serve as biological hardware, and could one day be even more efficient than current computers running AI programs.