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Telepathy is around the corner, with Neuralink it will be possible somehow.

thuuuomas 2y ago
You first
swayvil 2y ago
What will we exchange? Language? Memories? Streams of sensory stuff? Because language is, in the big picture, very very small. And if we were going to exchange memories etc, we might have to encode it.
- deleted 2y ago
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- JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > language is, in the big picture, very very small You may enjoy Ted Chiang's "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling" [1][2]. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20140222103103/http://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/fall_2013/the_truth_of_fact_the_truth_of_feeling_by_ted_chiang https://web.archive.org/web/20140222103103/http://subterrane... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truth_of_Fact,_the_Truth_of_Feeling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truth_of_Fact,_the_Truth_o...
- 29athrowaway 2y ago
  Better than talking and being overheard. Also, with telepathy you could have any voice of your choice, with any sound effects.
  - TheRoque 2y ago
    Yeah, you could buy the Morgan Freeman voice pack for only 20$
- mistermann 2y ago
  Insightful question...unless something emergent came along with Neuralink for free, we have a hard problem of how to figure out how to use the new bandwidth. And both ends need to be able to encode and decode, and understand the result, with multiple levels of error handling. An exception: high resolution transmission of emotions could be revolutionary.
  - swayvil 2y ago
    It would change the art world for sure. Why craft emotionally evocative images or sounds when you can deliver it directly?
    - radarsat1 2y ago
      Heh this reminds me of a joke from an old colleague, who would say, "forget working on a great demo! let's work on technology that makes you feel like you've just seen a great demo!"
      - swayvil 2y ago
        Hey, Total Recall. The movie. They did a thing like that.
- drewcoo 2y ago
  Odors. Smellepethy. The future William Castle saw for us. Um . . . sniffed for us.
labster 2y ago
In just 20 years, we’ll have fusion-powered telepathy.
- passwordoops 2y ago
  <snark> In space in the metaverse on the blockchain! </snark>
ozim 2y ago
Well I can app/sms my GF in other room without yelling already. The same with sending her notes on situation in a crowded room or on a bus/train without strangers knowing. I feel like I have it covered without implanting stuff in my head.
JohnMakin 2y ago
No it isn't. We have absolutely no way to transmit messages to the brain yet, we've barely only been able to go brain -> computer interface so far. The other way around we don't even know how to do.
- criddell 2y ago
  Would cochlear implants qualify as transmitting to the brain?
  - nemomarx 2y ago
    In the same sense that a Bluetooth headset is transmitting information to the brain? I assume people mean without going through one of the existing senses, although I wonder if it would really feel like telepathy. If you suddenly had a sense for magnetism would that just feel like a new addition to your ordinary senses, for instance?
    - vdqtp3 2y ago
      https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/21/15999544/biohacking-finger-magnet-human-augmentation-loss https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/21/15999544/biohacking-finge...

You first

What will we exchange? Language? Memories? Streams of sensory stuff? Because language is, in the big picture, very very small. And if we were going to exchange memories etc, we might have to encode it.

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JumpCrisscross 2y ago
> language is, in the big picture, very very small You may enjoy Ted Chiang's "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling" [1][2]. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20140222103103/http://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/fall_2013/the_truth_of_fact_the_truth_of_feeling_by_ted_chiang https://web.archive.org/web/20140222103103/http://subterrane... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truth_of_Fact,_the_Truth_of_Feeling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truth_of_Fact,_the_Truth_o...
29athrowaway 2y ago
Better than talking and being overheard. Also, with telepathy you could have any voice of your choice, with any sound effects.
- TheRoque 2y ago
  Yeah, you could buy the Morgan Freeman voice pack for only 20$
mistermann 2y ago
Insightful question...unless something emergent came along with Neuralink for free, we have a hard problem of how to figure out how to use the new bandwidth. And both ends need to be able to encode and decode, and understand the result, with multiple levels of error handling. An exception: high resolution transmission of emotions could be revolutionary.
- swayvil 2y ago
  It would change the art world for sure. Why craft emotionally evocative images or sounds when you can deliver it directly?
  - radarsat1 2y ago
    Heh this reminds me of a joke from an old colleague, who would say, "forget working on a great demo! let's work on technology that makes you feel like you've just seen a great demo!"
    - swayvil 2y ago
      Hey, Total Recall. The movie. They did a thing like that.
drewcoo 2y ago
Odors. Smellepethy. The future William Castle saw for us. Um . . . sniffed for us.

labster 2y ago

In just 20 years, we’ll have fusion-powered telepathy.

passwordoops 2y ago
<snark> In space in the metaverse on the blockchain! </snark>

ozim 2y ago

Well I can app/sms my GF in other room without yelling already. The same with sending her notes on situation in a crowded room or on a bus/train without strangers knowing. I feel like I have it covered without implanting stuff in my head.

JohnMakin 2y ago

No it isn't. We have absolutely no way to transmit messages to the brain yet, we've barely only been able to go brain -> computer interface so far. The other way around we don't even know how to do.

criddell 2y ago
Would cochlear implants qualify as transmitting to the brain?
- nemomarx 2y ago
  In the same sense that a Bluetooth headset is transmitting information to the brain? I assume people mean without going through one of the existing senses, although I wonder if it would really feel like telepathy. If you suddenly had a sense for magnetism would that just feel like a new addition to your ordinary senses, for instance?
  - vdqtp3 2y ago
    https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/21/15999544/biohacking-finger-magnet-human-augmentation-loss https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/21/15999544/biohacking-finge...