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IceMetalPunk (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The only real issue I have with this whole cyborg idea is the following: Computers of all kinds (iPods, cell phones, PDAs, laptops, desktop PCs, even cable boxes for God's sake) NEVER work 100% of the time. As external devices, a failure does very little damage. Imagine if half our brains rely on a computer, and the computer crashes.
I don't want bad programming to kill or disable me, thank you.
-IMP ;) :)
mauvm (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
They will go to hell..
Revelations says that people will get the mark of the beast in the right hand or the forehead. Guess what came out of the placing tests for RFID (paying) chips ;)
mauvm (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I'll talk to you again when RFID chips (only) will be used for paying ;)
TheLongestSchlong (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I wonder how you record the information to be downloaded into the brain...
ADDTV (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
converging technology is a subject we should all be familiar with. swing over to my page and watch the documentary "The Age of Transitions" which delves into this subject and it's origins. thanks.
LordCakeskull (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
your point is only half right. Yes we are dependent on technology to an extent. But only for activities that were not possible before that technology came about. An even simpler example is clothing. We are dependent on clothing to survive in many parts of the world. But only because as a species, we have a desire to live in areas we could not naturally survive in.
All human technology is an enhancment, designed to aid us and make new aspects of life possible, and existing ones easier.
InfoSauce (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
He's the "PR" guinea pig.... This technology has been around for decades, Warwick's sole purpose is to introduce it to the public. Stay tuned, there is much more to come. By the time these clowns are finished sugar coating it, the public will be lining up for it, just like they do for the latest video game consoles.. Let the fools be chipped, tracked, and programmed, as far as I'm concerned, anyone stupid enough to go that route is a dangerous animal that needs to be assimilated, and controlled.
InfoSauce (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
6:25 Enhancement? I think not. "DEPENDENT" would be a better word to describe it, the cyborg will become the sub species, not the natural unaltered human. To prove my point, take cell phones for example. Most everyone can do this experiment themselves. Most people have had their cell phones for years. Take your cell phone, turn it off, and leave it in your night stand for week. See for yourself how dependent you have become on an external device that never even existed until around 20 years ago.
DesiDude666 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Just one data packet - someone else's chip, someone else's open source BCI and someone else's medical skills... can't see educated people buying his take on science. Evolution is not 'upgrading' your memory, it's biological mutation. Seems he's lost his marbles on biology as well. Imagine anti-virus for your head... no updates, you've got bugs! That's what Cpt. Cyborg is suggesting. Despite real cognitive research being decades away...
How does he make his forecasts again? I would love to know.
DesiDude666 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
And cyborgs won't take over the world. In fact, cognitive aspects of human communication today is too far off.
Let's wait for Kevin Warwicks' progress. He can't even run a robot right and, just exhangegs a stupid data packet over the net, converts it to bioelectric signals with a software written by someone else (BCI) and he is the revolutionary...
The chip is made by another company, the computer is from another so is the BCI,the surgeon puts in the chip and what is that Warwick does really? |
