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Also note that this might not be a one way street. They might use brain machine interfaces to stimulate your brain according to the ads you are watching. E.g. y
by est31 7y ago
Also note that this might not be a one way street. They might use brain machine interfaces to stimulate your brain according to the ads you are watching. E.g. you watch ads for beer and you get the feeling of beer taste on your mouth or you watch ads for bread and you get the smell of freshly baked bread, etc. Or when you are in a store, the implant will give you a serotonin kick when you foveate on a specific product (whose manufacturer paid for that kick). etc.
It's creepy af. But 20 years ago when you told someone about the privacy intrusions of smartphones, people would've been creeped out as well so I'm pessimist and saying it will come.
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- qnsi 7y agoCtrl labs decode signal from your arm, no brain stimulation yet, but who knows what Facebook wants to do
- state_less 7y agoThis tech has the potential to distort market forces to a significant degree. Somewhat similar to how cigarettes are harmful to the user, but the user wants to smoke them anyway due to the products impact on the brain. New products may not get investment because the user is hopelessly attached to the old product through some a reward signal hardwired into their brain. On the other hand, learning and studying could feel awesome with such tech. And mind altering substances might not be a requirement. As we get more powerful tech, I think we should work towards ways of bending the tech toward positive outcomes.
- shredprez 7y agoHopefully folks like yourself have a seat at the table when it comes time to define "positive outcomes."
- fragmede 7y agoOkay, Black Mirror. (mind you, I don't think the suspicion is unwarranted, especially when it comes to Facebook.) Optimistically though, targted TMS or some other brain affecting technology, could treat depression, ADHD, schizophrenia, anxiety, autism, or any other number of mental maladies. (To be clear, this is very much in the realm of science fiction, TMS is nowhere near this.)