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Ask HN: Any progress on controlling the body of a brain-dead human like a robot?
Suppose you have a brain-dead but otherwise healthy human. How difficult would it be to create an artificial brain to control their body like a robot and perhaps even enable them to become a functioning member of society again?
- h2odragon 2y agoLikely to be a lengthy development process. Pithed humans don't stay fresh very long at all.
- curious_curios 2y agoFrom a technical standpoint there’s probably no value as it would offer no benefit for the insane cost. From an ethical standpoint probably impossible from the start.
- pavel_lishin 2y agoIf they're brain-dead, there's no "they" there to become a member of anything. They'd be as much of a functioning member of society as a car.
- amichail 2y agoThere's no "they" (i.e., no subjective experience) but they could behave much like a human if their artificial brain AI is good enough.
- pavel_lishin 2y agoAt that point, why not put the artificial brain into a robot body?
- amichail 2y agoBecause maybe the human body is more capable than the robot body?
- heartag 2y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40521930 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40521930
- az09mugen 2y agoThis could be a challenge for neuralink in the future. But it might be very difficult in the first place to find an appropriate controller/interface to control all the muscles of a body and the senses. I'm no expert but I really don't see how it could be done.