Suppose you grew a small collection of brain cells and tied it into a CPU, would it be a mind then?

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03975-7#:~:text=A system that integrates brain,hybrid machine can recognize voices.&text=Researchers have built a hybrid,tasks such as voice recognition.

The companies will decide the level of automation

But who will be able to purchase what the machines make?

Lol I just had my dog almost randomly die and after saving her life I also randomly ended up in the hospital for a week - both unrelated events 🙃