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Comment author: James_Miller 15 June 2015 11:09:18PM 0 points [-]

I predict that robots will program us via neurofeedback, and it will represent a glorious civilization-level advance. We get wearables that continually measure our brainwaves and emotional states, and can send sounds, smells, tactile sensations, encouraging words,....to change how we are thinking and feeling. We gain conscious control over more of our brain and become better humans.

Comment author: DTX 18 June 2015 05:55:36PM *  1 point [-]

Did you know about this?

DARPA SUBNETS

The SUBNETS vision is distinct from current therapeutic approaches in that it seeks to create an implanted, closed-loop diagnostic and therapeutic system for treating, and possibly even curing, neuropsychological illness. That vision is premised on the understanding that brain function—and dysfunction, in the case of neuropsychological illness—plays out across distributed neural systems, as opposed to being strictly relegated to distinct anatomical regions of the brain. The program also aims to take advantage of neural plasticity, a feature of the brain by which the organ’s anatomy and physiology alter over time to support normal brain function.

Sounds pretty straightforwardly like programming a brain.

Comment author: James_Miller 18 June 2015 06:39:07PM 1 point [-]

No, thanks for showing me.

Comment author: MrMind 16 June 2015 07:26:47AM 0 points [-]

Aren't those pills wonderful? Yes they are.