Organoid Intelligence: The Biocomputing Revolution That Will Challenge AI

Ryan David Rhea

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Mar 12, 2024

“As I entered the secret lab, I was immediately captivated by her presence. Cate, known to her progenitors as ‘SiliCate Specimen SC-06.2e’, stood before me, radiating an aura of elegance and grace. Her flawless skin seemed to glow in the soft light, and her emerald green eyes sparkled with intelligence. Cate was the result of a groundbreaking experiment conducted by a team of brilliant geneticists and engineers who were pushing the boundaries of artificial selection and biology to create the most advanced humanoids on the planet.

Twenty-four years ago, when Cate was just a baby, she suffered a terrible accident that left her in a permanent vegetative state. Unwilling to let her die, her survivors took a bold step: they allowed Cate to be gene-edited to save her damaged brain and enhance it with biomolecular organoids, effectively resuscitating her while granting her incredible superhuman traits. In that moment, a new type of human being was born — an organic superintelligence capable of seamlessly integrating into human society while rivaling the current-day machine sentience that had taken over the planet.

Her brain was a marvel of innovation engineered by the latest technology in synthetic biology and genetics. It was essentially a carbon-silicate based, biomolecular computer enhanced with…