Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Chips in the brain?
Chips in the Brain?
Technicians now are learning to insert chips in the brain to allow information to interface with the hard drive of computers. They claim that this connection will allow the recipient to have more brain "bandwidth" and thus to function more efficiently in the world. They also assert that this brain-chip arrangement will do wonders for paraplegics and Parkinson's victims and thus will serve a very worthy function in society.
However, there is a price to pay for these improvements. The use of these artificial devices will diminish the effectiveness of your natural ability to cope with similar conditions. This notion also raises the fear that a new "species' will be created through the fusion of human and AI elements.
Will a robot- like creature be the product of such joining? Will the result be something that suggests a sci-fi-movie? Will we as humans lose those essential qualities that define us as humans? Who will supervise these basically experimental efforts?
All sorts of possible nightmare outcomes suggest themselves as possibilities. Will they aid those with certain disabilities as is claimed? Will the result be instead unexpected side effects?
Once we tamper with nature in this way, we may face serious consequences. The prospects are sobering.
Technicians now are learning to insert chips in the brain to allow information to interface with the hard drive of computers. They claim that this connection will allow the recipient to have more brain "bandwidth" and thus to function more efficiently in the world. They also assert that this brain-chip arrangement will do wonders for paraplegics and Parkinson's victims and thus will serve a very worthy function in society.
However, there is a price to pay for these improvements. The use of these artificial devices will diminish the effectiveness of your natural ability to cope with similar conditions. This notion also raises the fear that a new "species' will be created through the fusion of human and AI elements.
Will a robot- like creature be the product of such joining? Will the result be something that suggests a sci-fi-movie? Will we as humans lose those essential qualities that define us as humans? Who will supervise these basically experimental efforts?
All sorts of possible nightmare outcomes suggest themselves as possibilities. Will they aid those with certain disabilities as is claimed? Will the result be instead unexpected side effects?
Once we tamper with nature in this way, we may face serious consequences. The prospects are sobering.
