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Moe
August 29, 2022 at 5:09 pm
The function of the brain being understood by the brain, not sure if thats a paradox. If the brain is complex enough to understand its own function, is it really that complex? (can we ever really understand it completely?)
Shumayel Khan
August 29, 2022 at 7:36 pm
I think that’s projecting our own consciousness/self awareness onto it, it’s more like a natural intelligence (aka genes) that cause all the cells to work in harmony and do stuff like heal itself be self aware of when it’s damaged etc
PJ Foltz
August 29, 2022 at 5:22 pm
Stem Cells are amazing. I have nerve damage and something tells me stem cells could cure this damage. The problem is, here in the USA, stem cells are for the rich.
Shumayel Khan
August 29, 2022 at 7:35 pm
For now
Dark Wizard
August 29, 2022 at 5:50 pm
It is so exciting to know that we’re almost getting to science fiction levels of technology right now! This is all so amazing.
hkh4+fillys play
August 29, 2022 at 6:11 pm
I am heavily brain damaged so this is very interesting to me left half of my brain is basically gone
freesk8
August 29, 2022 at 6:22 pm
I hope this power is used for good, and not evil. Watch out, because the AI researchers are listening.
My name is A9
August 29, 2022 at 6:25 pm
OMG! This is actually creepy, because imagine some scientists get STEM CELLS and connect them to a machine! Seriously, imagine this being the super AI everyone’s talking about…
Scientists getting the green light to connect the network of stem cells to mechanical wires, so the brain tissue can send and receive electrical signals from the machine’s circuits. Maybe the stem cells can connect to the 5 senses like humans: a camera to see, some arms and maybe even a speaker.. sounds like a movie 👀
NIL
August 29, 2022 at 6:46 pm
Dude can not even halt his only Tool, without which he has NOTHING AT ALL…Thought, aka his inner dialogue, for 30 seconds, let alone for long enough to explore that Silence, has not a clue what Thoughts ARE, where they originate, what they are made of. It would be funny if it werent so disastrous.
Frankenstein here we come !!
Leo Smith
August 29, 2022 at 6:54 pm
Could we put them back into the brain to extend our brain mass? 😂
Might be a good cure for some people as well 🤪
sharath s
August 29, 2022 at 7:12 pm
Amazing
Sathya Narayanan
August 29, 2022 at 7:45 pm
There are two ways to study the human brain. One, by engineering it in the lab or use of animal models. Two, by looking within and experimenting with your own brain in a holistic way. I leave it to you to decide which way is the most effective.
Chucky I
August 29, 2022 at 7:49 pm
That’s scary af
Pacific Blues
August 29, 2022 at 7:57 pm
This is insane, I wish this can help us understand more about consciousness as well.
Ros Mac
August 29, 2022 at 8:34 pm
How far away are we now before we can start using these organoids/asseenoids?
bj0rn
August 29, 2022 at 10:08 pm
If you listen really closely to the neural organoids you’ll hear a faint _”What is this? Why am I hear? Life is suffering. Kill me!”_
Raymond H'ng
August 29, 2022 at 10:28 pm
Imagine using these in our computers in the future. Or using it to build robots.
John Talmage
August 29, 2022 at 10:43 pm
In the not so distant future, the phrase “I’ve changed my mind” could have a literal meaning
Mirror
August 29, 2022 at 10:49 pm
It’s almost heartbreaking to me that we won’t see the full long term fruits of this labor in our lifetimes. I mean there will be developments and insights but the complete combating of certain diseases will be mostly for future generations to benefit from.
TheEighthElement
August 29, 2022 at 11:02 pm
This is absolutely jaw-dropping!
I'm here now
August 29, 2022 at 11:49 pm
I’m so concerned about dementia as I get older. I’ve been eating one meal a day for a couple of years and recently doing the intermittent fasting, trying to keep the insulin level from spiking. I’ve been learning to play the piano again after being away from it for 42 years, and I’m choosing challenging sheet music so as to stimulate my brain cells. It would be wonderful if science could do some preventative brain cell engineering therapy on me right now, reverse the old-age senescence, make me smarter, and if only I could afford it.
Hmmmm…..this might be the fountain of youth that Ponce de Leon was looking for.
Mark Magill
August 30, 2022 at 12:00 am
Very cool.
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AbrakafuckN DabrA
August 30, 2022 at 1:24 am
Fascinating
Seth Hill
August 30, 2022 at 1:29 am
Umbrella Corp got a TED talk!? 😂 No really, this is pretty amazing to watch.
Chase Wright
August 30, 2022 at 1:54 am
The Singularity is approaching pretty soon
Alioth Spectranet
August 30, 2022 at 2:09 am
no way
Kendra Sullivan
August 30, 2022 at 2:29 am
Really could have done without all the ableist and anti autism stuff. Autistic people such as myself(YES ITS AUTISTIC PEOPLE NOT PEOPLE WITH AUTISM!) don’t want any “cure”. We aren’t broken. If forcing people to change against their will, is what this is going to be used for, then I hope your studies fail.
NeonsStyle
August 30, 2022 at 2:47 am
Fascinating. Reminds me of the other Organoid work that was used to find a cure for the common variety of Cystic Fibrosis. Interesting you refer “The work I do” rather than the work you and your team do. :p
Variable Warrior
August 30, 2022 at 3:32 am
Nations belongs to its scientists.
Haba Jaba
August 30, 2022 at 4:05 am
T800 incoming
ZackXa
August 30, 2022 at 4:19 am
11:11 they made a homunculEYE
The Rogue of Space
August 30, 2022 at 4:31 am
Brilliant presentation, Sergiu, thank you 🙏🏽😃🧠
Secret EyeSpot
August 30, 2022 at 4:56 am
Wow. this moved me to tears. please fund this!
Kory Po
August 30, 2022 at 6:16 am
Absolutely phenomenal science!!! But, it’s so sad to me that any scientific advance ALWAYS becomes WEAPONIZED 🙁
Mark C
August 30, 2022 at 6:21 am
This has been one of the most true to form ted talks in years. Brilliant 👏.
Novruz Gurbanov
August 30, 2022 at 8:40 am
Finally, Frankenstein’s monster is on the way muaahahahahha
foyo Games
August 30, 2022 at 9:08 am
Burn the Witches ….jk ….kinda
Youtube2 Snoopy
August 30, 2022 at 11:19 am
This guy has no clue what he’s causing. It’s like dozens of micro-babies getting stuck without bodies. Know what they’re going through? No one does but I’m going to start with ‘nothing good’. Maybe if we develop enough micro connections we can hear them screaming.
Geoff Ford
August 30, 2022 at 12:30 pm
Staggering
jorgeeporgee
August 30, 2022 at 1:09 pm
Free Energy Principle proponents like Karl Friston should check out immediately the data associated w/ the auto(ish) connections created inside the (connected) organoids
Shaxnoxa Jumanazarova
August 30, 2022 at 1:10 pm
This vidio is goat
Timur Birgalin
August 30, 2022 at 1:42 pm
That is so facsinating! It really blew me off and I’m happy to live in such a great time.
Bruh... I'm not good at nothing.
August 30, 2022 at 5:43 pm
Yep…hopefully I’m dead by the time this really gets going.
Jonathan Lewis
August 30, 2022 at 9:09 pm
I’m all for finding cures using this method, but you can get into the unethical territory real quickly. So as long as it doesn’t go too far then this is amazing!!
Bethany Riebschlager
August 31, 2022 at 1:42 am
On the human cortical motor pathway. Your study may time into future transhumant or cyborg study and creation. This is something I’m looking forward to.
It’s silly to even think robots could take over the world.
Karyu Black
August 31, 2022 at 4:08 am
But would a robot with a real brain still have to sleep?
Aditya Jindal
August 31, 2022 at 4:23 am
Funny how i already knew about stem cells from reading mangas
Melissa Jazmín
August 31, 2022 at 6:36 am
I was wondering about this the other day. So happy it’s happening.
Jeff Johnson
August 31, 2022 at 12:46 pm
i’ve been having problems with my YouTube videos being Deepfaked. is this video about growing neuron circuits in a petridish, true? What are the legal implications of growing parts of the brain? i mean what counts as “consciousness”? is consciousness responsiveness to stimuli? i mean ask a neurologist and he’ll say “consciousness is awareness of one’s immediate surrounding and awareness of the self in order to have meaningful interactions. like finding food. we take that 4 granted in the 1st world countries of the world. food is in the fridge. ☮️🖖🎶i hope the YouTube team at Google can disconnect the bad guy hacker’s Synced Emulator. The bad guy hacker does not have my permission to Emulate my Smartphone.
sol0matrix
August 31, 2022 at 2:15 pm
Absolutely amazing how far we have come in so little time.
johnny comelately
August 31, 2022 at 10:04 pm
Astounding, inspiring and primitive, in posterum
Jack Swanson
September 1, 2022 at 5:03 am
autism isn’t brain disfunction, it’s just a different way of brain function
photobobo
September 1, 2022 at 3:28 pm
The human brain, or any brain, is the product of evolution. You cannot reverse engineer that which was not engineered in the first place.
Atom Soldier
September 2, 2022 at 8:25 am
He looks like Peter Parker in spiderman
Dina Nj
September 2, 2022 at 12:49 pm
Wow!
DJ GENIUS
September 2, 2022 at 1:53 pm
Omg, soon I can change my brain to rocket scientist
Aleks
September 2, 2022 at 11:49 pm
This has blown my mind! I think we should focus More on bio-engineering and Upgrade humanitiy befor building AI and lose the top of the food chain.
For An Angel
September 3, 2022 at 1:20 pm
A cure for autism? Maybe before that someone should ask autistic people how they feel about that.
Invox
September 4, 2022 at 9:06 am
2:36 he pause there a little hoping for an applause, but the audience was stll sceptical about it. 😅
Aze rty
September 4, 2022 at 1:14 pm
but does it have consciousness?