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World's first bioprocessor uses 16 human brain organoids for ‘a million times less power’ consumption than a digital chip (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] Gigasser 5 points 5 months ago

Might just be that nerve cells by themselves "experience" something when stimulated, but pain perhaps requires certain structures of neurons or even parts of a brain to be interpreted as "pain". I'm just spitballing though since I'm not a neuroscientist or anything like that.