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I've seen use of rat brains to control devices. Is that considered neuromorphic? Has there been an attempt to use human brain matter in such devices?

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Professor Kevin Warwick is at least one person to work on 'rat brain robots'.

I recall he also implanted something in himself to allow controlling other things with normal arm movements, which is sort of using 'human brain matter in such devices', though in situ.

Don't you think this would constitute slavery? Shouldn't this be extremely illegal?

Have you ever heard of dairy farms, or horses? If not, I'd advise against searching.

Cows and horses are not people. The use of human brains or human brain matter brings up slavery in a way that rat brains don't because owning animals is not considered morally equivalent to owning people.

Ah, sorry, I skipped over the 'human brain in...' part of the post, and thought GP was responding to 'rat brains'. Please ignore.

Yes, I think it would represent a new kind of slavery, and should be extremely illegal.

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