What feature(s) or circumstance would persuade you to install a brain implant?

Are you optimistic or pessimistic about a future that involves brain implant/neuralink tech?

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BrutulTM

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So for those of you that said you would never do it. What about if you became paralyzed, blind or deaf and the implant could give you those abilities back?
 
Ukerric

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BrutulTM said:
So for those of you that said you would never do it. What about if you became paralyzed, blind or deaf and the implant could give you those abilities back?
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That's slightly different. What we were discussing seems mostly about using brain implants to augment stuff.

Things like artificial retinas, anti-epilepsy systems, or memory enhancers against Alzheimer/dementia are an entirely different category. And usually pretty much a "hell yeah" thing (barring the existence of biological repairs).
 
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BrutulTM said:
So for those of you that said you would never do it. What about if you became paralyzed, blind or deaf and the implant could give you those abilities back?
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This is a good challenge. I suspect most of us, if faced with that situation, would do it.

Everyone who does will regret it in the end, and wish they'd stayed blind, but I admit this situation would make it really hard to resist.
 
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BrutulTM

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That's actually the first things that Neuralink is targeting. Trying to fix that sort of thing.
 
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For those of you that live in areas with large Hispanic communities - Would you get a brain implant if it allowed you to control the volume of your neighbor's backyard music at every quinceanera?
 
Deathwing

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Ukerric said:
That's slightly different. What we were discussing seems mostly about using brain implants to augment stuff.

Things like artificial retinas, anti-epilepsy systems, or memory enhancers against Alzheimer/dementia are an entirely different category. And usually pretty much a "hell yeah" thing (barring the existence of biological repairs).
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What happens when implants become commonplace that those without are similar to disabled people today?
 
Xerge

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Sludig said:
I'm hoping for the reverse. Figure out how to upload me to a cloud. Obvious Sci fi shows show where that could go wrong. But id love to be an immortal digital entity where I "work" doing like digital data entry/it whatever half the time, then the rest of the time peruse the media of the world.

Lol then get hate crimed on the telephone with customers for being a ghost.
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A digitally created afterlife.

...I'm in.
 
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