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That raises a lot of ethical concerns. It is not possible to prove or disprove that these synthetic homunculi controllers are sentient and intelligent beings.
There are about 90 billion neurons on a human brain. From the article:
that is far less than I believe would be necessary for anything intelligent emerge from the experiment
Some amphibians have less than two million.
The amount isn't necessarily an indicator of intelligence, the nunber of connections is very important too