The notion of a neurally connected Facebook or Google scares the heck out of me. Apart from the countless petabytes of data they would collect, just imagine a world where the powers that be can actually tap into your thoughts, perhaps even implant ideas that they think you should have. At a certain point, we lose our individuality and become subsumed by the global AI, game over.
But before that distant dystopian point is reached, I do hope we develop ways for paralyzed people to regain sensory control and live normal lives.
But before that distant dystopian point is reached, I do hope we develop ways for paralyzed people to regain sensory control and live normal lives.