We might all be borg sooner than we think!

[nacelle]

I have no idea which forum this belongs in so feel free to move it to the appropriate place!

Three scary articles i found on nanotechnology.

The first one is frightening:
Inhaled a chip lately?

Someone will say: ”Well, it is only to be used against The Enemy.” How do you spray only one house? How do you spray only one air supply? Shouldn’t there be some kind of ban on turning people into Borgs?

As is the second one. Oh my god we may even be eating nanotechnology!
Small may not be beautiful

The third not so scary but still hints that this technology may turn us into borg:
Scientists: Humans and machines will merge in future

 

[Alidar Jarok]

I'll move to Science and Technology.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Read some Verner Vinge -- The Coming Technological Singularity. That was Vinge in '93, and he thought that 20 years at a minimum was when humanity would either create the AI that would replace us or merge with the AIs we've built.

 

[Red Ranger]

We are already Borg! How many people are now so dependent on technology like cell phones, walk around with Bluetooth appliances stuck to their ears, or are constantly online via PC, laptop, or iPhone? -- RR

 

[Colonel Midnight]

^ I agree. Seems like every other person anymore has a "roach" in their ear... (My term, I can't help but think that's what they look like.)

Mind you, there's quite a few drivers out there who also need said instrument or phone unit implanted in their posterior region... but that's another story.

Cheers,
-CM-

 

[FordSVT]

Read some Verner Vinge -- The Coming Technological Singularity. That was Vinge in '93, and he thought that 20 years at a minimum was when humanity would either create the AI that would replace us or merge with the AIs we've built.

I think Kurzweil has been a bit more accurate in his technological predictions, and his current thinking is that we'll create an AI more intelligent than a human being by the 2020s, and reach the Singularity in the 2040s.

A quick summary, but if the OP thinks that stuff above is freaky, read this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil

The crazy thing is, none of this is technologically impossible as far as anyone can tell. There are no laws of physics being broken here, and Kurzweil has a 1000 year technological progression to add to his 20-21st century time lines to back him up. He's quite the brilliant man, though I'm not entirely convinced society will allow the kind of changes he predicts. We may well see a technological backlash against some of this, especially amongst the religious.

 

[Loneknight]

^ I agree. Seems like every other person anymore has a "roach" in their ear... (My term, I can't help but think that's what they look like.)

Mind you, there's quite a few drivers out there who also need said instrument or phone unit implanted in their posterior region... but that's another story.

As long as it helps them drive better, I'm all for it.

 

[Meredith]

If this can come to fruition and make people practically immortal, I am going to fly to one of the Scattered Disk Objects, make a base for myself and become a sleeping goddess, waking every 1000 years or so to see what humanity has done and how far it has progressed.

 

[TEH BABA]

So, will we create nasty thinking machines from Dune?