[djfm]

This should be open-sourced so that the probability of creating a dangerous true AI is lower. I fear there may be something very wrong in this but I'd love a DIY grow-your-brain kit with a USB interface to experiment with. This machine would have an awesome "hello, world" program.

[SubiculumCode]

I'm not sure what you mean by open sourcing. There are published procedures in open access journals for creating neural organelles from tissue samples.

It is interesting to think about how organelles might develop around a mesh of stimulating wires in a computer interface.

Using cells from non-primate animals (e.g. rats) might alleviate some ethical hurdles. Still, I am somewhat uncomfortable with the thought of the idea of creating boxes of neurons trained via a interfacing mesh to accomplish certain types of computations, etc. The hard problem looms.

Currently neural organelles are being used to study disorders like autism in humans where taking brain samples is unethical, but taking a blood sample and coaxing them into neurons, is not.

[throwawaymath]

> This should be open-sourced so that the probability of creating a dangerous true AI is lower.

Of the things you can worry about and reasons to open source software, this is not a very good one.