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And that is what scares the living bejeebers out of me. How is it to differentiate from thoughts with intent behind them, vs random stray thoughts? Or intrusi
by derekp7 3y ago
And that is what scares the living bejeebers out of me. How is it to differentiate from thoughts with intent behind them, vs random stray thoughts? Or intrusive thoughts? Have you ever gotten frustrated and the thought went through your head "I should just rm -rf everything" ? I really don't want the computer to carry that out just because that brilliant flash of insight went through my head.
- kaashif 3y agoHow can your body distinguish between you thinking about moving your arm and you moving your arm?
- Aerroon 3y agoOr thinking quietly in your head, 'thinking out loud' in your head, and actually vocalizing out loud. This is (partly?) learned behavior. Children under the age of 5-6 will have audible self-directed speech, but eventually they learn to mute this and remove vocalization altogether.
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- astrodust 3y agoIt isn't able to delete your brain unless your brain is a bunch of files. These "augments" will likely be, at best, some kind of subsystem you can tap into, like an extra limb, or a memory you didn't know you had until you "recall" it.
- derekp7 3y agoYou misread my concern -- it has nothing to do with deleting your brain. My concern was if you are thinking an intentional thought "Write a letter to Gramma", and you had a passing thought of "Format and wipe my C: drive", I would hope the mind reading would distinguish between these two. Now if it is the same thought process as controlling a limb, well that sounds like the same mental energy needed to type out something on a keyboard or speaking commands, both of which happen at close to the same speed as thinking the words to begin with (well, talking definitely, typing within a high enough fraction for most proficient typists).