AUTHOR=Morales Pantoja Itzy E. , Smirnova Lena , Muotri Alysson R. , Wahlin Karl J. , Kahn Jeffrey , Boyd J. Lomax , Gracias David H. , Harris Timothy D. , Cohen-Karni Tzahi , Caffo Brian S. , Szalay Alexander S. , Han Fang , Zack Donald J. , Etienne-Cummings Ralph , Akwaboah Akwasi , Romero July Carolina , Alam El Din Dowlette-Mary , Plotkin Jesse D. , Paulhamus Barton L. , Johnson Erik C. , Gilbert Frederic , Curley J. Lowry , Cappiello Ben , Schwamborn Jens C. , Hill Eric J. , Roach Paul , Tornero Daniel , Krall Caroline , Parri Rheinallt , Sillé Fenna , Levchenko Andre , Jabbour Rabih E. , Kagan Brett J. , Berlinicke Cynthia A. , Huang Qi , Maertens Alexandra , Herrmann Kathrin , Tsaioun Katya , Dastgheyb Raha , Habela Christa Whelan , Vogelstein Joshua T. , Hartung Thomas 

TITLE=First Organoid Intelligence (OI) workshop to form an OI community

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence

VOLUME=Volume 6 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/artificial-intelligence/articles/10.3389/frai.2023.1116870

DOI=10.3389/frai.2023.1116870

ISSN=2624-8212

ABSTRACT=technology, bioengineering, and machine learning, we can explore the ability of brain organoids to compute, and store given information (input), execute a task (output), and study how this affects the structural and functional connections in the organoids themselves. Furthermore, understanding how learning generates and changes patterns of connectivity in organoids can shed light on the early stages of cognition in the human brain.

Investigating and understanding these concepts is an enormous, multidisciplinary endeavor that necessitates the engagement of both the scientific community and the public. Thus, on Feb 22-24 of 2022, the Johns Hopkins University held the first Organoid Intelligence Workshop to form an OI Community and to lay out the groundwork for the establishment of OI as a new scientific discipline. The potential of OI to revolutionize computing, neurological research, and drug development was discussed, along with a vision and roadmap for its development over the coming decade.