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WE NOW HAVE FOOTAGE OF THE BRAIN SLICE LEARNING TO PLAY. YES, YOU ARE WATCHING A PIECE OF BRAIN FROM TO BE A PERSON UP TO A ROBOT AND HAS THE PIANO BY LISTENING. PUBLISHED BY FRENCH RESEARCHERS BACK IN MAY AND IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN MORBID, BUT THERE IS GOOD REASON WHY DO THIS, A WHOLE LOT OF ETHICAL CONSIDERATION. HAVE GUESSED, WHAT HAD NOT BEEN DEMONSTRATED UP UNTIL NOW IS THAT THAT BRAIN IS CAPABLE OF LEARNING THINGS. SET IT UP WITH SENSORY MOTOR EXPERIENCE OF SORTS. YES, THEY DID SET UP A MICROPHONE AND HOOK THAT UP TO THE BRAIN SO IT COULD GET FEEDBACK AND WAS MEANINGFUL. AND IT HAD PIANO FIRST USING MOTOR BABBLING, MEANING IT JUST DID THINGS RANDOMLY UNTIL IT GOT IT RIGHT AND THEN IT LITTLE ELECTRICAL IMPULSE DEMONSTRATING THAT IT GOT IT CORRECTLY. AND OUR BRAINS ARE WIRED TO LEARN. THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY PHYSICAL RESERVOIR COMPUTERS OF SORTS. SQUISHY CHEMICAL ONES. EARLY ON, YOU CAN SEE THE ROBOT HAND IS PLAYING MUSIC ESSENTIALLY RANDOMLY. YOU CAN SEE A HUMAN PARTICIPANT. SO THE RESEARCHERS ARE DEMONSTRATING HOW PIANO TO THE ROBOT HAND. SOMETHING DIFFERENT. TONGUE. A VIRUS, AND I CANNOT SAY THAT WORD CORRECTLY. LOST ITS ABILITY TO PLAY ONCE IT WAS MADE ILL. NOW THIS IS NOT TERRIBLY DANGEROUS IT CAUSES FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS, BUT YOU CAN WATCH THE BRAIN FAILING TO KNOW HOW TO PLAY. AND IT'S PROBABLY GOOD THAT I DON'T ACTUALLY WORK IN TECHNO MANCY BECAUSE I CLEARLY ANTHROPOMORPHIZE THE BRAIN SLICE, I FEEL. NOW RESEARCH LIKE THIS IS PROGRESSING RAPIDLY AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO APPROACH AS A SOCIETY TO DEAL WITH IT ETHICALLY. BECAUSE UNTIL NOW, AND REALLY STILL NOW, BRAIN TISSUE IS AS ANY OTHER KIND OF TISSUE. IN AN EXPERIMENT, WE NEVER REALLY THOUGHT THAT YOU WOULD REVIVE HUMAN BRAINS IN ANY CAPACITY, LET ALONE TEACH A ROBOT HAND