‘We can’t answer these questions’: Psychologist Kenneth Kosik on whether lab-grown brains will acquire knowledge

Computer image of brain organoids in a petri dish against a blue background.  Organoids appear as small white blooms.

Brain organoids are 3D, lab-grown models designed to mimic the human brain. Scientists often grow them from stem cells, combining them to form a brain-like structure. In the last decade, they have become more sophisticated and are now able to reproduce many types of brain cellswhich can talk to someone. This has led some scientists … Read more