RE: Elon Musk Wants To Connect Your Brains Directly To A Computer: Introducing Neuralink by sstefan

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news · @sstefan · Mar 28 '17

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I don't find it surprising that he is starting to work on this kind of project. 
But, will this be the start of a new age of technologies? Of augmented people and the birth of cyborgs?

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@dragosroua · Mar 28 '17

Yeap, that's the question. We do have augmented people already (think of all people carrying a cardio helper underneath their skin, or those with intelligent prosthetics, or, at the most basic level, people wearing glasses, they're all already "augmented" somehow). 

 We're going to soon reach a point of moral and ethics inflection where we will have to describe very accurately what is "life" and how do we define "human" and I highly doubt we're prepared for that.

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@sstefan · Mar 28 '17 (edited)

Well, these kind of augmentations are, in a way, forced. Because nobody wants a cardio helper, or prosthetics if they don't need them. 
But I think, there will be a time when technology will give us the option to choose to add an augmentation. Better sight, higher strength, etc. 
Although, it will be created with military purposes, but, almost every piece of technology was created this way. 
I agree with you, we are not prepared for that kind of discussion yet. What makes a human, human?

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