I know, I know, one man’s dystopia is another man’s utopia, and it’s certainly easier to have a negative take on something than a positive one. But I struggle to accept that anyone could not feel a sense of disquiet upon hearing that you can now rent a human “brain organoid” for “realtime neural stimulation and reading”.

No, this isn’t the dream futurism of some techno-optimist, these in vitro “organoids” are actually available to rent right now from FinalSpark’s Neuroplatform (via Tom’s Hardware), FinalSpark being a wetware computing company. 

For just $500 per month (or free for some projects), university and education groups can access neuronic organoid bioprocessors, which are essentially collections of brain tissue, each containing thousands of living neurons, conn…