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The industry calls it “eyestalk ablation”—a method used to force female shrimp to reproduce faster. According to shrimp welfare project : “Researchers discovered that when shrimps are subjected to ESA, they try to escape it. They also flick their tails and rub their eye area. When the wounds are covered or medicine is given, the shrimps calm down. This suggests that the ablation caused them pain and distress. Ablated females’ offspring are less tolerant of stress. They are also more likely to get diseases. There are many possible stress factors for animals in aquaculture. These include handling, crowding, high stocking densities and poor water quality. Eyestalk ablation is one more thing that worsens their welfare.”
i don’t disagree but this was just an example of what we can do now, i can’t imagine what they’ll come up with in the future
I never said it was impossible, just that it’s way farther off than people realize. I legitimately think researchers will create an artificial human brain from scratch using machine learning before we successfully scan a single person. With our current knowledge on how our brain is structured, we could basically organize different unique models together in a way similar to a human brain. It probably wouldn’t think quite like a person, but it would be an AGI that we can recognize as sapient. Of course, that isn’t the easiest AGI we could build, nor is it likely to be the first one we’ll make.