It sounds like science fiction, but it could soon become reality. Organoid intelligence should enable brain cells to power a biocomputer. This is still just a vision, but researchers at the University of Bologna are working on systems in which 3D cultures of human brain cells serve as hardware.
“The research team’s approach is aimed at making AI more like the brain. How artificial intelligence can develop in the future and even possibly achieve self-awareness are questions that we will increasingly have to deal with in the future,” emphasized the expert in the field of neural networks and artificial intelligence, Claudio Anastasio, during a meeting at the headquarters of the Italian Space Agency conference “Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Risks”, organized in Rome. The new biocomputers will be able to guarantee enormous performance at very low energy costs.
“Many ethical questions”
“The computers of the future will no longer be made of silicon, but of biological material. They will be structured to resemble the synapses of the human brain. We don’t know at this point how these machines will behave in terms of their self-awareness. In a few years, people will have to deal with the concept of artificial self-confidence. Because there are many ethical questions involved,” says Anastasio, president of the Minermes Association.
Merging realities
The development of artificial intelligence raises many considerations about the future generations that will be born into a world where AI will be ubiquitous. “How will the perception of human boundaries change? Are we ready to face the ethical, bioethical and social challenges this entails?” is the question from the experts in Rome. In the future, we could increasingly see a world where reality merges with the virtual, where digital avatars commit crimes and computers take on a life of their own.
“AI offers great possibilities, especially for medicine and neuroscience, but its use in healthcare and the possible legal consequences in the event of a medical error are topics that will keep experts very busy in the coming years,” says Italian neurologist Maria. Grazia Marciani, President of the Ethics Committee of the Lazio Region.
According to the neurologist, AI makes quick and accurate diagnoses possible. But here too there are many unforeseeable scenarios that have not yet been legally regulated. A large part of the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure will soon have to be revised to take into account the completely new situations that artificial intelligence brings with it.
World without borders
Lawyer and lawyer Silvia Carosini wondered how law can be applied in a world without physical borders. “For example, if an avatar in the future commits a crime that would be considered sexual assault in the real world, who would be responsible? In a world where young people are increasingly isolating themselves, also due to the abuse of social media, these aspects must also be taken into account in the criminal justice system,” Carosini emphasizes.
Source: Krone
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