Gazing skyward from the bottom of a cavern like a fox or towards the horizon in a ruffle of woodpecker feathers, Cyphers re-imagines the world through
different animal consciousnesses, defying both perspective and gravity.
Asked whether brain organoids can achieve
consciousness without sensory organs and other means of perceiving the world, Koch said it would experience something
different than what people and other
animals do: «It raises the question, what is it conscious of?»