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Groundbreaking: Japanese scientists develop a technique to connect brain cells grown in the lab
(www.breezyscroll.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Would it still be AI if it gains its own intelligence?
Probably depends on our part in its emergence. If we purposely set it on a path that we think ends there, I would still call it artificial. If it emerges through a process unknown and unintended by us, I wouldn't.