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Wireheading anyone??
November 1, 2011 at 4:15 pm
I found this article online today concerning a new concept called wireheading. Apparently with the aid of implanted electrodes in the pleasure centres of the brain, people can have 24/7 uninterruped bliss. This type of technology throws up all kinds of ethical questions and I'm sure it will divide opinion in all quarters, but I just thought I'd share it here and see what you guys thought, here's the link..
http://www.highexistence.com/wireheading...e-emotion/
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RE: Wireheading anyone??
November 1, 2011 at 4:32 pm
Sounds like a plan.
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RE: Wireheading anyone??
November 1, 2011 at 5:31 pm
(November 1, 2011 at 4:15 pm)Jay1982 Wrote: I found this article online today concerning a new concept called wireheading. Apparently with the aid of implanted electrodes in the pleasure centres of the brain, people can have 24/7 uninterruped bliss. This type of technology throws up all kinds of ethical questions and I'm sure it will divide opinion in all quarters, but I just thought I'd share it here and see what you guys thought, here's the link..
http://www.highexistence.com/wireheading...e-emotion/
Not new. Larry Niven used it as a minor plot hook in his
Ringworld novels back in the 70's. Generally portrayed as a bad idea unless you've already lived ~200 years & are bored as hell. I think he even called the users wireheads.
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RE: Wireheading anyone??
November 1, 2011 at 5:44 pm
Fantasy and Sci-Fi are great breeding grounds for future researchers. The one thing that always strikes me though, is that we've imagined dystopias more frequently than utopias by a wide margin.
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RE: Wireheading anyone??
November 1, 2011 at 5:50 pm
no wireheading, but plenty of wooly brains.
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RE: Wireheading anyone??
November 16, 2011 at 4:38 pm
I think it's all you would need to enslave most people. Just bliss them when they do what you want and with hold bliss when they don't. I can see specialized versions that give you pleasure when you're working, or doing math, or learning to play the piano. I couldn't blame my boss for putting me on one, I spend way too much time on the interwebz at work.
