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Human brain cells in a dish learn to play Pong (scienceinpublic.com.au)
1 points by tessela 1330 days ago
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In vitro neurons learn and exhibit sentience when embodied in a simulated game-world — https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(22)00806-6
“We’re trying to create a dose response curve with ethanol – basically get them ‘drunk’ and see if they play the game more poorly, just as when people drink,” says Kagan.

Actual sentence from the article.