This is certainly not an attempt to create consciousness, something we have trouble defining anyway.
I think they created a part, an organic part. How that is used or refined or directed is bumping into the ethics concept.
And ethics are malleable, dictated by the needs and/or acceptance of a society.
I am constantly in awe of seeing what I read about as a kid "labeled" science fiction is now becoming science fact.
This is certainly not an attempt to create consciousness, something we have trouble defining anyway.
I think they created a part, an organic part. How that is used or refined or directed is bumping into the ethics concept.
And ethics are malleable, dictated by the needs and/or acceptance of a society.
I am constantly in awe of seeing what I read about as a kid "labeled" science fiction is now becoming science fact.