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>“One day, I believe we’ll be able to send full rich thoughts to each other directly using technology," Zuckerberg said during a June 2015 Q&A. "You’ll just be

by rudolf0 10y ago

>“One day, I believe we’ll be able to send full rich thoughts to each other directly using technology," Zuckerberg said during a June 2015 Q&A. "You’ll just be able to think of something and your friends will immediately be able to experience it too if you’d like." This sounds like a real possible future, but how could this be implemented so you only transmit the thoughts you want transmitted? Some sort of internal dialogue with an implant like "OK Facebook", "OK John, please end your thought by imagining a pound sign"?

burkaman 10y ago
In the same way that lifting your arm is different than thinking about lifting your arm, I imagine you could train your mind so that transmitting a thought is different than thinking a thought. And hopefully it would turn off if you fall asleep.
- rudolf0 10y ago
  I could see that happening, but I feel like slip-ups or crossovers ("oh shit, I meant to think that, not think and transmit it") could still happen sometimes. Also, I wonder what it'd be like for someone with a psychotic mental disorder... But yeah, who knows, maybe the two processes will be so distinct that it's not an issue.
  - burkaman 10y ago
    I guess a better analogy would be talking. You can think about talking or you can talk, and I'm not sure anyone could really explain what the difference is, but it is relatively unusual to speak by accident while you're conscious. I can imagine training myself to add a new mode of "talking" that actually transmitted a thought. Slip-ups would definitely still happen, but I think they would be more expected and less of a big deal with such a fluid communication system. And maybe you could build in a delay that reads your thought back to you before it sends.
  - zardo 10y ago
    If we can solve the problems that allow thought understanding, then catching a mental slip should be as doable as a spell checker.

by rudolf0 10y ago

burkaman 10y ago

In the same way that lifting your arm is different than thinking about lifting your arm, I imagine you could train your mind so that transmitting a thought is different than thinking a thought. And hopefully it would turn off if you fall asleep.

rudolf0 10y ago
I could see that happening, but I feel like slip-ups or crossovers ("oh shit, I meant to think that, not think and transmit it") could still happen sometimes. Also, I wonder what it'd be like for someone with a psychotic mental disorder... But yeah, who knows, maybe the two processes will be so distinct that it's not an issue.
- burkaman 10y ago
  I guess a better analogy would be talking. You can think about talking or you can talk, and I'm not sure anyone could really explain what the difference is, but it is relatively unusual to speak by accident while you're conscious. I can imagine training myself to add a new mode of "talking" that actually transmitted a thought. Slip-ups would definitely still happen, but I think they would be more expected and less of a big deal with such a fluid communication system. And maybe you could build in a delay that reads your thought back to you before it sends.
- zardo 10y ago
  If we can solve the problems that allow thought understanding, then catching a mental slip should be as doable as a spell checker.