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Jul 9, 2024

Thomas Hartung and colleagues | The future of organoid intelligence | Frontiers Forum Deep Dive 2023

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Human brains outperform computers in many forms of processing and are far more energy efficient. What if we could harness their power in a new form of biological computing?

In this Frontiers Forum Deep Dive session on 21 June 2023, Professor Thomas Hartung, Dr Lena Smirnova and other renowned researchers, explored the future of organoid intelligence and the scientific, technological and ethical steps required for realizing its full potential.

The session brought together the authors of the Frontiers in Science lead article ‘Organoid intelligence (OI): the new frontier in biocomputing and intelligence-in-a-dish’ which presents a roadmap for the strategic development of organoid intelligence as a scientific discipline. It was attended by hundreds of representatives from science, policy, and business across the world.

Links:
• The transcript of the online audience Q\&A from the webinar can be viewed here: https://fro.ntiers.in/FF2023_OI_QandA
• View the Frontiers in Science lead article at: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/.
• View the Frontiers in Science article hub at: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/.

Speakers:
• Prof Thomas Hartung | Bloomberg School of Public Health and Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, USA
• Dr Lena Smirnova | Bloomberg School of Public Health and Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, Johns Hopkins University, USA
• Prof David Gracias | Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, USA
• Prof Alysson R. Muotri | Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, USA
• Dr Brett Kagan | Cortical Labs, Australia.

The talks were followed by a discussion session on the ethics of organoid intelligence, facilitated by Dr Karen Rommelfanger from the Institute of Neuroethics (IoNx), USA.

INTRODUCTION
00:00:00 Opening.
00:00:29 Welcome \& introduction | Lee Baker | Frontiers Editorial Adviser.

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