Would you get a computer chip implanted in your brain?

[mathew101281]

Like neuralink . I wouldn’t. We can’t trust tech companies with our social media pages( 2016 election)why would we trust them with our brains. Sure it has some benefits, but it might also be the most effective form of mind control ever created.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Hmm! Curious! All things considered, I'd rather have my brain placed in an android body, that would be the next best thing to immortality.

[Zelena]

These devices, they are wonderful when they are working well. But when there’s a problem, you regret not having something simpler…

Currently, I regret my electrical shutter is electric…

[CSTowle]

I wouldn't want to be one of the first to try it, but if the tech were perfected I'd absolutely do it. Heck, I'd plug into the Matrix if you got to choose your own adventure from time to time but just had a regular world to interact with others. Imagine being in a virtual reality where you could fight alongside the X-Men, take out orcs with your axe/bow/spell in some fantasy setting, or do anything else that might appeal to you. Then there's the immortality possibility (though as I understand it, the best they might be able to do is replicate your mind but it wouldn't really be you, just a consciousness indistinguishable from yours outside of yours), or even something as mundane as keeping track of your bodies nutritional needs and reminding you to take a particular supplement/consume a particular food or needing to stretch a particular body part/etc. Helping to keep that physical body in good shape to maximize use of the brain.

As to being hacked, my thing with the whole "somebody's trying to mind control you and take over the world" my feeling is if they can then I'm probably not going to be able to stop it anyway, and it seems like too much of a hassle for someone with those resources. I'd worry more about bugs with the tech or other complications.

[DrNewGod]

Um, lemme see...maybe...F*** NO!

Aside from wondering what skullduggery (pardon the pun) the tech company might have going, I'm not interested having some far-away programmer decide it's time to take some of my capabilities offline for maintenance. All that's before we even consider what kind of stuff their Terms & Conditions are going to say they're not liable for.

[shooshoomanjoe]

If there were no health side effects i would.

[mathew101281]

Um, lemme see...maybe...F*** NO!

Aside from wondering what skullduggery (pardon the pun) the tech company might have going, I'm not interested having some far-away programmer decide it's time to take some of my capabilities offline for maintenance. All that's before we even consider what kind of stuff their Terms & Conditions are going to say they're not liable for.

Exactly, At best it will be like crazy pop up adds that you can’t escape from, Spam emails or those YouTube commercials you can’t skip. At worse it’s a second voice inside your head trying to make you do stuff and buy things you don’t need.

[Adam Allen]

I wouldn't want to be one of the first to try it, but if the tech were perfected I'd absolutely do it. Heck, I'd plug into the Matrix if you got to choose your own adventure from time to time but just had a regular world to interact with others. Imagine being in a virtual reality where you could fight alongside the X-Men, take out orcs with your axe/bow/spell in some fantasy setting, or do anything else that might appeal to you. Then there's the immortality possibility (though as I understand it, the best they might be able to do is replicate your mind but it wouldn't really be you, just a consciousness indistinguishable from yours outside of yours), or even something as mundane as keeping track of your bodies nutritional needs and reminding you to take a particular supplement/consume a particular food or needing to stretch a particular body part/etc. Helping to keep that physical body in good shape to maximize use of the brain.

As to being hacked, my thing with the whole "somebody's trying to mind control you and take over the world" my feeling is if they can then I'm probably not going to be able to stop it anyway, and it seems like too much of a hassle for someone with those resources. I'd worry more about bugs with the tech or other complications.

At this point, looking at we are today compared to when I was born (when vinyl records, 3-5 tv channels, and broadcast radio was the height of communications technology), I would not be surprised if we have VR tech by the time we are elderly, another 40-50 years or so. Maybe not like the Matrix, where they are plugging directly into your brain, but more like Ready Player One, where you're able to use like a headset plus gloves or whatever to go into a fully immersive 3-D world. I will be very disappointed if somehow we don't get there...

Anyway no, I would not get a chip in my brain.

Also no to the getting-my-mind-implanted-in-a-computer-or-android thing. Even if it was a new consciousness that totally felt like it was me transplanted, I don't see how that would help the original me, in any way.

[Scott Taylor]

First of all, Elon Musk is a big hot air bag whose biggest accomplishment is a space Tesla.

But no, but just because foreign objects in the body pretty much always present a nuisance at a minimum. Unsolvable problem at maximum.

[Mormel]

At this point, looking at we are today compared to when I was born (when vinyl records, 3-5 tv channels, and broadcast radio was the height of communications technology), I would not be surprised if we have VR tech by the time we are elderly, another 40-50 years or so. Maybe not like the Matrix, where they are plugging directly into your brain, but more like Ready Player One, where you're able to use like a headset plus gloves or whatever to go into a fully immersive 3-D world. I will be very disappointed if somehow we don't get there...

What about the VR headsets we have right now, like Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Valve Index? Perhaps the games and social platforms available for them aren't 100% immersive quite yet, but for me it's a big source of entertainment and just gaping in awe at the virtual environments people have created already. I love diving into VR.

[Ragged Maw]

Hmm! Curious! All things considered, I'd rather have my brain placed in an android body, that would be the next best thing to immortality.

Assuming the technology is perfected to where you feel “at home” in your new vessel. If it’s not, however.....

[MyriVerse]

Like neuralink . I wouldn’t. We can’t trust tech companies with our social media pages( 2016 election)why would we trust them with our brains. Sure it has some benefits, but it might also be the most effective form of mind control ever created.

Totally depends. If I went blind or deaf, I might get chips to restore my sight or hearing. I have no interest in other things, but the Singularity cannot come fast enough for me.