Organoid Intelligence (OI)
Idea
Using lab-grown clumps of brain tissue as computers — computing that is grown rather than manufactured. Because a suitable lab costs about $500K anywhere on Earth and cannot be sanctioned, embargoed, or bombed, the entry frames it as an insurance policy against chip-supply collapse — while warning that biological computers are even harder to inspect, halt, or roll back than software.
The engine's definition — word for word
Lab-grown brain organoids as computational substrates. Compute that is grown, not manufactured. A BSL-2 lab costs $500K anywhere on Earth. Cannot be sanctioned, embargoed, or bombed. The Technate's insurance policy against semiconductor collapse. The alignment problem squared: biological substrates defy inspection, halting, and rollback. The substrate migration deepens BST's category error.
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