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I like the idea of extended cognition; we're all already fairly well into transhumanism, as long as we've got access to the internet with all the knowledge it c
by leggomylibro 9y ago
I like the idea of extended cognition; we're all already fairly well into transhumanism, as long as we've got access to the internet with all the knowledge it contains.
Of course, that's a fragile thing. It's easy to understand why people hoard physical media full of .pdfs and Wikipedia dumps and stuff.
Anyways, I think what'll really get people's attention is something that makes it easy for them to do, physically, what you do in code every day; automate tedious tasks. It'll probably take awhile for a good and easy-to-reproduce/distribute interface to crop up, though.
Everyone is always trying to find problems and sell solutions, but I think what you really want to sell is an easy way to find solutions to a wide range of as-yet-undisclosed problems.
The metal stuff is just wetware. We'll get robot arms when the Biology side of things catches up, those sloppy unpredictable little... well, cyborgs might just take longer than other large technological shifts.
- bamboozled 9y agoYou'll never get "robot arms" or be a cyborg, why? Because there is no need for that. Machines can already to most things you would want super strong arms for.
- nine_k 9y agoIf your arm is destroyed in an accident, a robot arm could be an easier-to-obtain alternative, at least until re-growing of limbs is a trivial procedure.
- bamboozled 9y agoYou might get a prosthetic that's robotic, but you're not going to have some kind of "Ironman" capabilities.
- leggomylibro 9y agoSpecialized machines can, but it's amazing how configurable an arm with 5 2- or 3-jointed fingers can be. Without us even being able to change the fingers! I sure wouldn't complain if I could simply unscrew a hand to swap betweeen fleshy test probes, 1mm probes and grippers for fine detail, a variety of rotary tool attachments, etc. Or an arm to swap between different ranges of force; sometimes a gentle embrace is more appropriate than the sort of construction appendage that would break down a concrete wall and idly toss its pieces into a waiting truck over a lunch break. I guess what we'll really need are spine implants...