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I'm very excited for BCI, more so than for virtual reality or augmented reality, if only because it'll eventually allow me to remove any physical barrier to int
by vinceguidry 8y ago
I'm very excited for BCI, more so than for virtual reality or augmented reality, if only because it'll eventually allow me to remove any physical barrier to interacting with a computer.
I suspect that, due to the abstraction process you've noted, that it won't be long until the computer is a direct extension of will. Once people start realizing this, I think society is going upend, and a small number of extremely high-output people are going to remake the world.
The Singularity is real, and I think simply obsoleting the mouse and keyboard is going to kick it off. We could even replace screens, but I see it as less of a factor.
- ben_w 8y agoIt’s been a long time since typing speed felt like my limiting factor.
- alephr 8y agoI don't exactly agree with the Singularity guy but thinking that typing is the only way to interact with a computer (or network) is very narrow minded
- jcims 8y agoI don't know if it's typing speed or not, but dictating a narrative and typing it feel completely different. I type at about 80-90wpm and probably speak at 150-180. That impedance mismatch is enough to block free-flowing thought and cause me to repeat/rewind sentences. I don't know if it's limiting, as the output of typing is usually less verbose, but it takes me longer to get it down.
- vinceguidry 8y agoIt's not so much about typing speed for me, more about the physical act of sitting at a computer and coding. If I could think code into existence, then I can code literally anywhere. Laptops are way more portable than desktops, but not nearly portable enough.
- scarejunba 8y agoHis position is less about speed and more about creation. If you didn’t have to shift cursor focus or “delete 3 chars and replace with these other 3 chars” would you represent things directly to the machine like you would to yourself, unbridled by the necessity to serialize these thoughts via the keyboard. It may be the difference between “Refactor > Extract to parameter” and “Find all uses of function. Replace signature with modified signature, setting new parameter to value desired, using parameter from signature instead of local variable”. When you are a child, you express yourself by constructing words of letters, then sentences of words. What if we’re at the sentence stage right now and the future is expressing ideas as paragraphs all at once. That would be a shift akin to macros or HKT in programming languages. That’s what he’s selling. Not the typing. The typing just hurts immersion a little bit.