Background to this slightly weird question: I found one of my old an English exams on science fiction and dystopian literature from the 11th grade in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany (ca. 2004) and found a similar question. The idea back then was to discuss the pro- and cons of a BCI (and I objectively did not do to well back then) . I am interested about people’s opinions.
Any such interface needs to be non-invasive/removable for me to use one.
Probably but I’ll wait a bit. Google glass was insanely popular for a hot minute.
That depends on what it could do, and how granular it could be programmed.
I don’t want any active interface, it should just be passive.
If I had a small chip in my head that I could program to reward a healthy lifestyle but nothing else, then yes I would be interested.
I mean something that would give me a slight dopamine hit when making healthy choises would be fantastic.
Now, that would be impossible to make, but that is the only kind of BCI I would accept
useful brain-computer interface
It’s called a keyboard, and I already have one.
No, i don’t need that. It was a fun fantasy when I was younger, but unless I end up losing use of my limbs or something, cyborging it up seems like a bad move in our nonfictional world.
No way, it would be cool at first then after awhile they would start with the freaking ads and subscriptions
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I already have one. It came out in the 90’s. It’s called MindDrive. I’m sure that similar devices made in the modern day are way better.
But that’s not really what I want anymore. Being able to control the PC with my thoughts is a novelty for me. Far more useful to the disabled. What I want is the reverse; I don’t want to send signals from my brain to the computer, I want computer signals to my brain. Like a VR system that uses your visual cortex to directly generate images in your perception and send other feedback to trick your brain ala Total Recall.
Or being able to give myself entirely new senses with an implant (possible right now; but there’s no commercially available products I am aware of).
I’m hoping that by the time I’m ready to retire I can just throw my shambling soon to be corpse into a pod and Jack into the matrix for the last 5 to 10 years of my life.
If I have kids or grandkids or whatever they can all come and visit me while I’m out fighting demons with my harem of ultra-powered sword mage catgirlfriends.
After 45 years of living I’ve learned that the future sucks and capitalism ruins everything. So no, I’ll pass on the brain ship. If I’m disabled enough to need one, I live in America and there’s plenty of gun stores.
I’m pretty sure the ability to integrate computer processing with human thought is what will actually signal the point of singularity in “AI” development, an entity capable of both the mass data tabulation of binaric computing and the incredible abilities of pattern recognition only found in the brain.
If it was safe and secure I’d absolutely be interested in seeing how that fusion of ways to process the world around us would change how we understand it.
Yes but only if it’s actually secure and safe ie. fully open source
This. We already have cybernetic eyes, but the company went bellyup, so once the ones already installed stop working, the users are fucked. If it were open source, they’d be some effort, either corporate or community to create an update.
Agree. I would also insist on it being supported by a socialised health system with control over pharmaceutical pricing.
Blessed be the omnissiah! But no, in this world companies would ruin it in some way by making the T&Cs insane and loading ads into your brain or something
I prefer my electric meatball to be fully organic.
There is no such thing as a secure brain-computer interface. That’s like asking if there is a safe tiger-butt interface.
No, one need only look at the windows recall debacle to see how corporations would abuse the chip, not to mention the potential for advertising beamed directly to your brain and the possibility of malware. Hell even discounting all of that, not that you should by any means, how would upgrading work?
Is it an open hardware and software interface?
