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.
Assuming the implementation is done in such a way that I am not indirectly owned by the manufacturer of the BCI and am capable of maintaining its software and firmware myself…yes yes absolutely yes stick that shit in my head.
But if it is not open source and I’m expected to be tied to some corporate entity just to utililze it, no, absolutely not.
Similar feelings. I’m far less worried about the tech than the corpos behind the tech. There are other concerns, like immune system going haywire, constant EM radiation, etc. But the capitalist tech bros would be my chief concern.
You’ve reminded me that I’ve been meaning to look more seriously at an Ultracortex.
Is it an open hardware and software interface?
I don’t think that I would ever trust this, considering the state of everything currently. But yeah, if it was secure and safe. I think it would be cool to have things like better storage capabilities, eyesight enhancements, auxiliary sensations, etc.
It probably wouldn’t be cheap either though, which already puts the concept out of my reach.
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100% want one. Being able to interface better with my computers and machines is a dream to me.
It would have to opensource, self hosted processing though. I really don’t need my every whim hoovered up to sell me crap I don’t need or to justify literal thought police.
Yes but only if it’s actually secure and safe ie. fully open source
Agree. I would also insist on it being supported by a socialised health system with control over pharmaceutical pricing.
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.
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.
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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
There is no such thing as a secure brain-computer interface. That’s like asking if there is a safe tiger-butt interface.
No. Just no.
Can add a few more nos to that
Any such interface needs to be non-invasive/removable for me to use one.
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.
If it was open source and I controlled it input output wise then yes.
Like a Focus? As long as it’s 100% local, I think it’d be cool and probably not dystopian. Maybe. Possibly.
