Let's stop and think. Businesses have repeatedly exhibited behaviour that says making money or exerting control trumps ethics. They also have, time and again, been caught trying to engage in...
Let's stop and think.
Businesses have repeatedly exhibited behaviour that says making money or exerting control trumps ethics. They also have, time and again, been caught trying to engage in whatever subterfuge, trickery, deception and legal fine-printery the human imagination can conceive in order to gather data and control people's devices. Humanity has demonstrated that, despite the best intentions, and the smartest minds on the planet, the computers it has created are not perfectly secure nor bug-free.
And we want to suggest connecting such imperfect technology to our very brains, to be at the mercy of the ethical promises of entities whose greed for more money knows no bounds?
I'm hesitant to consider a BCI for myself, but I might get one if there were a Stallman-esque FOSS zealot producing them. I'd also need to have a pretty good understanding of how they work, far...
I'm hesitant to consider a BCI for myself, but I might get one if there were a Stallman-esque FOSS zealot producing them. I'd also need to have a pretty good understanding of how they work, far beyond what the average consumer would want to know. It's very helpful to have a lot of knowledge of how a computer works as a computer user. I imagine that will be much more important for a BCI.
I think the more exiting possibility will be connecting our brains to other brains. Humanity seems to be really great at increasing numbers like network bandwidth, monitor resolution, CPU speed,...
I think the more exiting possibility will be connecting our brains to other brains. Humanity seems to be really great at increasing numbers like network bandwidth, monitor resolution, CPU speed, etc.. Imagine a few decades of that in the BCI space and then connecting two people together, or a person and an animal.
I think something like this could be a surprisingly plausible method of indefinite life extension, depending the effects of connecting two brains.
Let's stop and think.
Businesses have repeatedly exhibited behaviour that says making money or exerting control trumps ethics. They also have, time and again, been caught trying to engage in whatever subterfuge, trickery, deception and legal fine-printery the human imagination can conceive in order to gather data and control people's devices. Humanity has demonstrated that, despite the best intentions, and the smartest minds on the planet, the computers it has created are not perfectly secure nor bug-free.
And we want to suggest connecting such imperfect technology to our very brains, to be at the mercy of the ethical promises of entities whose greed for more money knows no bounds?
I'm hesitant to consider a BCI for myself, but I might get one if there were a Stallman-esque FOSS zealot producing them. I'd also need to have a pretty good understanding of how they work, far beyond what the average consumer would want to know. It's very helpful to have a lot of knowledge of how a computer works as a computer user. I imagine that will be much more important for a BCI.
I think the more exiting possibility will be connecting our brains to other brains. Humanity seems to be really great at increasing numbers like network bandwidth, monitor resolution, CPU speed, etc.. Imagine a few decades of that in the BCI space and then connecting two people together, or a person and an animal.
I think something like this could be a surprisingly plausible method of indefinite life extension, depending the effects of connecting two brains.