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Plus it'd be extremely stupid to give someone who is learning basic coordination control over a force that can severely damage things, including him/herself. No
by waps 12y ago
Plus it'd be extremely stupid to give someone who is learning basic coordination control over a force that can severely damage things, including him/herself. Not because of potential defects in the exoskeleton, mind you, but because the baby will simply use it to do random things, like punch himself in the face, or scratch, or ... If you give him a tool that makes punching himself in the face fatal, ... well ...
We all know what inevitably happens if you give a 1 year old a stick. Giving them a powerful robot ... just don't.
Just don't.
- dllthomas 12y agoYou could possibly build sanity checks into the exoskeleton. Not at all saying that makes it actually a good idea...
- Piskvorrr 12y agoOr you could, perhaps, wait for the user to actually develop their own sanity checks. Just sayin'. (OTOH, yes, you could theoretically build a transhuman baby into an exoskeleton; this would mean that the baby would learn to exist in the world as if the exoskeleton were a natural part of its body - but such baby would need the exoskeleton forever, as it would learn to control its body very differently than a baby without it)
- dllthomas 12y agoYeah, like I said, probably still not actually a good idea. An interesting thought experiment, though.