A response to claims of emergent intelligence and sentience in a dish

Fuat Balci; Suliann Ben Hamed; Thomas Boraud; Sébastien Bouret; Thomas Brochier; Cédric Brun; Jeremiah Cohen; Etienne Coutureau; Marc Deffains; Valérie Doyère; Georgia Gregoriou; J. Alexander Heimel; Bjørg Elisabeth Kilavik; Daeyeol Lee; Eric Leuthardt; Zachary Mainen; Mackenzie Mathis; Ilya Monosov; Jérémie Naudé; Amy Orsborn; Camillo Padoa-Schioppa; Emmanuel Procyk; Bernardo Sabatini; Alireza Soltani; Jérôme Sallet; Carmen Sandi; Jeffrey Schall; Karel Svoboda; Charles R.E. Wilson; Jan Zimmermann

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2023.02.009

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A response to claims of emergent intelligence and sentience in a dish

Fuat Balci, Suliann Ben Hamed, Thomas Boraud, Sébastien Bouret, Thomas Brochier, Cédric Brun, Jeremiah Cohen, Etienne Coutureau, Marc Deffains, Valérie Doyère, …

Neuron, Vol.111(5), pp.604-605

03/2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2023.02.009

PMID: 36863319

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The article ‘In vitro neurons learn and exhibit sentience when embodied in a simulated game-world’ by Kagan et al. triggered a wave of positive mainstream and scientific media coverage as well as a widespread negative reaction from the scientific community. Here, we discuss why this negative reaction is legitimate and must be taken seriously. We raise concerns about the key claim of the article: that it demonstrates that “a single layer of in vitro cortical neurons can self-organize activity to display intelligent and sentient behavior when embodied in a simulated game-world”.

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Title: A response to claims of emergent intelligence and sentience in a dish
Creators - without role: Fuat Balci - University of Manitoba
Suliann Ben Hamed - Institut des Sciences Cognitives
Thomas Boraud - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux
Sébastien Bouret - Sorbonne Université
Thomas Brochier - Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone
Cédric Brun - Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives
Jeremiah Cohen - Allen Institute
Etienne Coutureau - Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d’Aquitaine
Marc Deffains - Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives
Valérie Doyère - CEA Paris-Saclay
Georgia Gregoriou - Crete University Press
J. Alexander Heimel - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
Bjørg Elisabeth Kilavik - Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone
Daeyeol Lee - Johns Hopkins University
Eric Leuthardt - Washington University in St. Louis
Zachary Mainen - Champalimaud Foundation
Mackenzie Mathis - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Ilya Monosov - Washington University in St. Louis
Jérémie Naudé - Université de Montpellier, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle - IGF
Amy Orsborn - University of Washington
Camillo Padoa-Schioppa - Washington University in St. Louis
Emmanuel Procyk - Institut Cellule Souche et Cerveau
Bernardo Sabatini - Harvard University
Alireza Soltani - Dartmouth College
Jérôme Sallet - Institut Cellule Souche et Cerveau
Carmen Sandi - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jeffrey Schall - York University
Karel Svoboda - Allen Institute
Charles R.E. Wilson - Institut Cellule Souche et Cerveau
Jan Zimmermann - University of Minnesota
Publication Details: Neuron, Vol.111(5), pp.604-605
Identifiers: 9936678509311
Academic Unit: Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle - IGF
Language: English
Resource Type: Review
Local Fields: hal-04012408