IBM produces first brain chips
August 18, 2011 at 1:44 pm
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IBM produces first brain chips
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RE: IBM produces first brain chips
August 18, 2011 at 5:59 pm
(This post was last modified: August 18, 2011 at 5:59 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
You know something that has always bothered me about uploading consciousness? It sounds so wonderful at first, until you realize that what would continue would only be a copy of yourself. You would still go the way of the dodo. On the other hand, the new "you" wouldn't know any better, so more power to that guy.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
 (August 18, 2011 at 5:59 pm)Rhythm Wrote: You know something that has always bothered me about uploading consciousness? It sounds so wonderful at first, until you realize that what would continue would only be a copy of yourself. You would still go the way of the dodo. On the other hand, the new "you" wouldn't know any better, so more power to that guy. There are a few exceptions to that rule, one is a fatal transfer, where the body dies upon transmitting the brain's electric field to a machine, if your body dies while the electrical activity in the brain is transferred physically from one location to another then the synthetic brain is very much "You". Also, were it the case that you had a connection with the digital mind the entire time and experienced both simultaneously if one component ceased to function the "You" would still be in the remaining structure. Essentially, if our consciousness is an ever changing structure of electrical activity then any evolution of that system in any medium is still the same "person", just as much as myself 20 years ago with a brain that was similarly substantially different was still 'me', unless you're of the opinion that the me of two minuets ago is no longer the same person, then any fork in the system would create 'me' and 'him' just like time created systems that vary due to operation and experience.
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Sounds great, this Skynet SyNAPSE thing.
 (August 18, 2011 at 6:19 pm)Skeptic Wrote: Sounds great, this Skynet SyNAPSE thing. My thoughts excatly. This is a bad idea.
If I die and god is real, im so screwed.
Hehe, I was thinking more of the practical activity of mimicing the brains functions within the new OS, in my opinion more likely than an actual transfer. Of course you are still "you", I just like my body, it would be difficult for me to feel whole without him.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
You could rent bodies all over the word and control them remotely
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Sounds like the entire plot of a certain very bad movie.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
(August 19, 2011 at 12:23 am)Rhythm Wrote: Sounds like the entire plot of a certain very bad movie. It would be awesome to connect to another country remotely, just inhabit some drone and go see shit.
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RE: IBM produces first brain chips
August 19, 2011 at 1:19 am
(This post was last modified: August 19, 2011 at 1:19 am by The Grand Nudger.)
There's plenty of room inside some of our politicians heads. If you ever wanted to see America. I could suggest a few, but you'd just get angry.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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