Did Science Just Create a Conscious AI?

The Confessionals

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🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Scientists just unveiled a computer powered by human brain cells, and it’s more terrifying than you think! The CL1 biological computer from Cortical Labs merges lab-grown neurons with AI, raising massive questions about sentience, ethics, and the future of artificial intelligence. Is this the next step toward machine consciousness, or are we playing with fire?

In this episode, we break down:
🧠 How this “brain in a box” works
⚠️ The ethical dangers of merging biology with computing
🤖 Could this lead to sentient AI—or something worse?

But that’s not all! We’re also diving into:
🎭 Lady Gaga’s bizarre SNL skit—what’s REALLY going on?
🛸 The latest UFO videos on X—new leaks or just more distractions?

Are we headed toward the singularity, or is this just another overhyped tech stunt?

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0:00.0	Yeah, let's go
0:05.5	There's not a man that I fear
0:11.1	There's nobody here that can stop me
0:13.1	Because I'm in the league of my own, yeah
0:15.1	Y'all can just sit back and watch me
0:16.7	They know who I am they can't imitate
0:18.6	Don't stay in your lane, I'm gonna set it straight
0:20.5	I'm putting my way to the top You get in my way, you know that I am they can't imitate. Don't stay in your lane. I'm gonna set it straight. I'm putting my way to the top.
0:21.6	You get in my way, you know that I'm a renovate.
0:23.6	Welcome to another live show, friends.
0:26.6	Thanks for joining me here on the YouTube channel.
0:29.6	We are live on a Thursday afternoon.
0:32.6	I was planning on doing a live this week.
0:35.6	And look at me. I'm actually fulfilling my own commitments.
0:40.8	Fantastic.
0:42.0	I have a hard time going live at times, but I'm trying to make new commitments here.
0:46.3	And I've been working on, well, I've been talking to some people about doing some special things for y'all right here on YouTube.
0:53.0	So you can rest assured we are trying over here to
0:56.6	create cool content for you. And I hope you stick with us. So we have, we have some things to
1:04.1	discuss here. One, it was made of, I was made aware that the lagging issues that we experience may not be my computer,
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