The DishBrain system is the first real-time synthetic biological intelligence platform
that demonstrates that biological neurons can adjust firing activity in a way that
suggests the ability to learn to perform goal-oriented tasks when provided with simple
electrophysiological sensory input and feedback while embodied in a game-world.
I agree with you on all this, I’m more concerned because the abstract of the article is so breathlessly excited about the practical applications of the research.
As basic research it’s important by itself.