Neurochips and artificial life
Found this article about neurochips that explains that some researchers in Europe created a silicon chip that can communicate with neurons through direct stimulation.
Then, I found this article about the first truly artificial life form: a simulated virus using more than a million digital atoms.
A friend of mine put it best:
I always have two simultaneous responses to stories like these: “That’s so cool!” and “We’re so fucked!”
This is a fantastic time to be alive. Lasers in the jungle somewhere.