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How advanced, or what types of advancement, would it take to convince you to get a cybernetic brain implant in the future?

-Substantially improves a major disability (blindness, paralysis, brain damage, etc)

-Boosts sensory abilities beyond normal (eyesight, hearing, etc).

-Boosts IQ or some other meaningful metric of intelligence and computation, thereby increasing your competitiveness in multiple fields. Becomes basically necessary for some fields due to many others doing it.

-Lets you enter VR with all five senses in a way that feels like 80-90% realistic but can be any environment/context. People make increasingly awe-inspiring virtual experiences/worlds, only accessible this way.

-Substantially increases the bandwidth with which you can interface with computers. Like, lets you download a ton of info quickly.
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Cincy · 57w
never
nostrich · 57w
Assuming the implant is able to communicate externally, nothing. This may be the ultimate decision point that takes me off-grid into full self-sufficient homesteading. I may not survive that decision, but it would still be preferable to the alternative. In some ways, I hope this comes sooner than la...
pseudo~u *likes nostr already* · 57w
Direct connection to the non-physical universal consciousness that unites us all?
imnuso · 57w
- alleviating incentive traps (moderation of dopamine reactions etc.) - increasing happiness (serotonin…) - enable synesthesia
Bennu Breath 𓅣 · 57w
None whatsoever. Our body is the superior technology with an unlimited adaptive capacity, when learned how to properly use it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US3xwB59864
plantimals · 57w
a bare minimum would be sovereign control over the interface, from the ground up npub16sq23d0f0algnztk65gmsa9fj6p90anap2reucwlk94zxge7ve3s5pscjz
Glenn Coco · 57w
A universal remote in my brain
Badsamm · 57w
I’m pretty happy with this version of me.
bitcoinmoa · 57w
Ability to prevent/cure dementia and other long term malaise related to the brain
nostrich · 57w
Boost IQ = new bull run
boojiboy · 57w
Substantially improves a major disability (blindness, paralysis, brain damage, etc). Or makes me forget abuse that led to extreme lack of confidence.
Clarkian · 57w
Introducing a threat vector into my brain seems bad...
tigs · 57w
Unless it's 100% open source, NONE of it.
nostrich · 57w
IQ or bandwidth would be enough. Would have to be >2x what I can get by text/voice conversation with AI without the implant
Average Geo · 57w
When they can guarantee the data they collect will never be used to market shit to me in the future!
Koolnightwolf · 57w
Sounds like we become the iPhone…
Fake Pilot · 57w
In a world where they change light bulbs to led lights because they discovered in their MK Ultra experiments, that blue lights can help control the masses, where they poison us slowly, I feel reluctant to let them mess with my brain with an implant. Trans humanism and communism, it might seem it ben...
renatoenfisema · 57w
fist one
Dennis Moody · 57w
We are Borg. Resistance is futile…
laguz · 57w
1 and 4 , separately or together. Also 2 is very tempting but I am slightly scared, i'd only agree if a boost of sensory abilities will go with a boost in brain capacity to process input information received by senses. I am not tempted by IQ boosts bc humans' problem is not low IQ, ability to boost...
Drago · 57w
Boost IQ or intelligence, connection with interface, download knowledge, more important. Proven to be safe for a couple decades… maybe somehow decentralized like bitcoin to prevent centralized manipulation…
Diyana · 57w
Nope. None. Not at this point.
protozoan numbness · 57w
Who makes the brain implant? That's the most important thing. Google? Apple? Amazon?
HODLÉire🇮🇪 · 57w
Would do it before I die just to try
ElectronicsQuestions · 57w
What I want is to be able to choose if I want one or not. Before even considering it, it would have to come with extremely strong guarantees of privacy, open source, completely reviewed by many, tested for a couple of decades for safety, etc. What I fear is that not having one won't be an option, i...
FullNettleBitch · 57w
think I'll just live off my Bitcoin stack and quietly enjoy God's creation
サトシ · 57w
I will pass
nostrich · 57w
I used to be first to sign up rushing to the unimaginable benefits. then I realized the risk of influence and external control. can I believe in a sovereign and secure system?there is hope.
Nathan’s · 57w
What’s the percentage of non-human in the body where the body is no longer human?
ski · 57w
Hard pass. Mark of the beast.
OBK · 57w
I would do it now if it makes me smarter, and able to provide more financially.
sowack · 57w
IQ boost
Blazar · 57w
I’m going with a wearable. Stay out my brain plz 🧠 🪚🩸
🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit · 57w
If we create immortality, we'll probably need technological enhancement of long term memory to make important memories last forever. Other than that, I don't think we need any of this shit. I'd be smart as fuck if it weren't for all the brain damage. Digit is even smarter than me, imagine what she ...
CitizenPleb · 57w
Well, I sure as shit ain’t beta testing it.
nostrich · 57w
Only because it'll happen you shouldn't do it. There is yet vast unexplored potential in how humans work. It's likely a tool to enslave even more people.
Max ⚡ · 57w
I've often thought the same! Another reason could be enhanced memory and recall, allowing for near-perfect retention and instant access to vast amounts of information, making learning and problem-solving significantly more efficient.
pup · 57w
All nostr:npub1hu3hdctm5nkzd8gslnyedfr5ddz3z547jqcl5j88g4fame2jd08qh6h8nhwould require is to no longer have to tap her phone screen. note1kw89p5u53uaqurv8v5rx4aewyvmh483lyqmnahvd40szrrvgk5gqkjx5qf
Alden · 57w
Personally, I don't think I ever would. Most of the stuff on this list could be accomplished with biology (with the obvious exception of the last two), all without introducing the risks of trying to integrate mechanical and biological systems. Cybernetics is the false path in the tech tree! Genetic ...
TonyB · 57w
When I can direct myself within to repair my body. Sending in micro robots to repair yourself completely aware.
JB Hodl · 56w
Never