No, I don’t think I will
Another tech headline, another thing that would have sounded pretty cool 20-30 years ago but today sounds like an absolute nightmare to stay FAR away from. And this one more than most!
I won’t even get contact lenses, I ain’t letting them putting a chip in my brain.
Can’t wait for adverts for the ass blaster 9000® to be beamed directly into my frontal lobe without my consent.
If they can blast in the ads, the need for physical toys pretty much goes away…
“You’ll eventually give in” Tells you everything you need to know about the power of large tech companies in the US .
We have the money and the power to force this technology in to the mainstream. Tech companies know that Congress is way too old, way too corrupt, and way too slow to really do anything about regulating stuff like this in a reasonable time frame. They have no real barriers and the heads of these companies don’t give a shit about the user as long as they pay their monthly subscription.
Just like we all ran out and bought 3D TVs. Right? And Meta smart glasses. Any day now!
The worst parts of Severance + Pluribus
I’ve been evangelising for smart glasses for years. But even if they get the functionality I’ve been hoping for I’m still not going to get them, because i don’t want every woman i meet to think I’m secretly recording her tits
There’s no way I’m letting Elon musk do brain surgery on me to harvest my thoughts
People forget about the other genders when it comes to the issues with smart glasses. And kids. Where is the “for the safety of our children” mob, when we need one?
What functionality are you looking for? Most I can think of is gimmicky at best.
Would be interested even in gimmicky use cases.
Oh, plenty of what i want is gimmicky. GIVE ME A HUD!
But i can think of things like overlaying arrows on the environment when getting walking directions, setting reminders by seeing things/people, being able to fully view 3d objects when doing things like identifying something (say a flower you’ve seen) by image
Yeah this usual stuff would be nice but the trade off with privacy and surveillance is not worth the risk IMO. :(
I want a health bar.
Yeah, as i say - i love the idea. The practical reality, at least so far, is shit. And i don’t see any way for it to get better rather than worse
My hard of hearing ass wants subtitles
Let me put a chip in my brain that will run software developed by the lowest paid intern using claude 7. I dont trust big corp to update my phone and car, there is zero chance i trust them with my brain.
The choice between the chip and a bullet?
Dont expect everyone to sit idly by for either option.
That’s a hell of a faustian bargain, good luck with that.
I don’t trust these ghouls to pour me a glass of water, they won’t get anywhere near my body
I’m reminded of the guy I saw who couldn’t get out of the courthouse parking garage because he didn’t have a smartphone to pay for the parking.
I’d still rather break a gate than get an implant.
So many people are already functionally hooked up, even if it is happening through their eyes and not a direct wire. Prove me wrong, everybody: don’t touch any of your devices for a week. It’s nigh unthinkable now but I remember times when the internet didn’t exist, cell phones didn’t exist, I had no cable TV, no game console, and would only turn on my little black and white Mac to write a paper for school. We listened to music a lot, socialized in person, smoked a lot of… various things, had a lot of sex. It’s a rather poor trade we’ve made if you ask me.
There are people with functioning brain implants helping the blind to see, the deaf to hear, etc.
They don’t work nearly as well as the evolutionary naturally grown versions, they have some nasty technical problems, but they do work after a fashion.
The underlying assumption is “exponentially growing scientific knowledge and technical capability” will turn these dreams real - and it will, for some very small subset of what is being dreamed. I don’t think a practical “everybody gets one” smartphone in the brain is coming in the next 100 years, but who knows?
I yearn to go back to the days when a 2 minute lapse in focus/interest didn’t subconsciously send me reaching for my phone.
They’ve got drugs for that…
Yea. I have tried a few. But they either don’t work for me. Or the come down at the end of the day leaves me unable to do anything.
I know. My weakness isn’t necessarily waiting time, but time spent on dull work like housework. My brains starts going “BOORRING!”
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
