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One day these implants are going to be so sophisticated that we may very well evolve to not have bio-hearing at all. I have friends with implants, and one of th
by telesilla 8y ago
One day these implants are going to be so sophisticated that we may very well evolve to not have bio-hearing at all. I have friends with implants, and one of them regularly just keeps it switched off to focus on writing. I am deeply envious though of course, at present the bit-depth is not very good from what I understand about the tech, and his brain even after 20 years of having the implant isn't good at differentiating between background and foreground sounds, making conversation difficult for him in noisy places. It's great that kids are getting these early so they have a chance to learn how to adapt. I'm excited to see what superpowers they will glean from having powered-brains.
- caprese 8y ago2045 hackernews headline: “Senses capable of spying should have hardware switches”
- sebastianavina 8y ago2080 hackernews headling. Google shut down hearing senses on half the population due to a software error.
- whatshisface 8y ago2081: A hearing aid startup runs out of VC capital and shuts down the centralized server that everyone's ears are dependent on, and publishes a blog post titled "the next step in our hearing journey."
- wlesieutre 8y agoNot a software error, the person responsible for the Google Ears project got the promotion they were after and now no one cares to keep it running
- jasonhansel 8y ago2046: "Google will now let you pay for premium, ad-free hearing, in partnership with Spotify"
- ggambetta 8y agoI mean, I too have trouble having conversations in noisy places, and my ears are all natural, just old!
- johnisgood 8y agoHow do you suppose we are going to evolve to not have bio-hearing at all given that their offspring is not born with these implants?