Comments on: Human Memory Prosthesis http://ideonexus.com/2008/04/07/human-memory-prosthesis/ Wed, 02 May 2012 13:57:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: AbaGuy http://ideonexus.com/2008/04/07/human-memory-prosthesis/comment-page-1/#comment-1937 AbaGuy Fri, 09 May 2008 02:54:42 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=1052#comment-1937 Human memory is only 100MB ? That is rather strange. Human memory is only 100MB ? That is rather strange.

]]> By: ideonexus http://ideonexus.com/2008/04/07/human-memory-prosthesis/comment-page-1/#comment-1552 ideonexus Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:02:20 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=1052#comment-1552 Very important point. I didn't even consider the how impractical it would be to have a lifetime of recording at your fingertips. Every moment would need tags, categories, etc to make it any use; otherwise, reviewing it would be as time consuming as living it. I could see future people getting caught in the infinite recursion of reviewing their lives, then reviewing the reviews. Very important point. I didn’t even consider the how impractical it would be to have a lifetime of recording at your fingertips. Every moment would need tags, categories, etc to make it any use; otherwise, reviewing it would be as time consuming as living it. I could see future people getting caught in the infinite recursion of reviewing their lives, then reviewing the reviews.

]]> By: BMF http://ideonexus.com/2008/04/07/human-memory-prosthesis/comment-page-1/#comment-1532 BMF Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:12:54 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=1052#comment-1532 IMO it's not the recording of the data that is the issue. It's the doing something useful with the data that is the issue. We're at the point today that you or I can build a portable system with a camera and collect the data from throughout our day. Lose your keys? Review the data. Forget that phone number? Review the data. Easy enough with a day's worth of video, but what happens when that becomes a week, month, or year? I think in a situation like that it will be companies like Google and Microsoft that will excel. I also think the platform that will make this happen is the cellphone. The tech we saw in that video is probably a proof of concept. I wouldn't be surprised to see it gobbled up by the likes of Sony or Samsung and spit out in a Nokia SmartAgent (borrowing from Smart Phone and the personal AI "agents" predicted by the R.K.'s Singularity). Oh and cute joke btw. I see what you did there. ;) -BMF IMO it’s not the recording of the data that is the issue. It’s the doing something useful with the data that is the issue. We’re at the point today that you or I can build a portable system with a camera and collect the data from throughout our day. Lose your keys? Review the data. Forget that phone number? Review the data.

Easy enough with a day’s worth of video, but what happens when that becomes a week, month, or year? I think in a situation like that it will be companies like Google and Microsoft that will excel. I also think the platform that will make this happen is the cellphone.

The tech we saw in that video is probably a proof of concept. I wouldn’t be surprised to see it gobbled up by the likes of Sony or Samsung and spit out in a Nokia SmartAgent (borrowing from Smart Phone and the personal AI “agents” predicted by the R.K.’s Singularity).

Oh and cute joke btw. I see what you did there. ;)

-BMF

]]> By: ideonexus http://ideonexus.com/2008/04/07/human-memory-prosthesis/comment-page-1/#comment-1526 ideonexus Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:35:14 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=1052#comment-1526 Thanks BMF. I was aware of that invention, but forgot to link to it. I can't figure out why it's so low-tech though. Still, it's a step in the right direction. Thanks BMF. I was aware of that invention, but forgot to link to it. I can’t figure out why it’s so low-tech though. Still, it’s a step in the right direction.

]]> By: BMF http://ideonexus.com/2008/04/07/human-memory-prosthesis/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 BMF Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:41:09 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=1052#comment-1518 *Ahem* http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=00b_1207503927 -BMF *Ahem* http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=00b_1207503927

-BMF

]]> By: ClintJCL http://ideonexus.com/2008/04/07/human-memory-prosthesis/comment-page-1/#comment-1517 ClintJCL Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:53:01 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=1052#comment-1517 Yea, the legal issues are perplexing. This could be nothing short of "your own personal narc to turn you in for anything you do all the time". If the recording device is like a flying insect, as it is in many stories, I think the government would want to know where every one of those is at all times (or we could spy on them, couldn't we?). At which point they may be sold to us as a "feature" but end up being an oppressor. It sounds really cool, but if politics aren't considered, this could be worse than the televisions in 1984. Yea, the legal issues are perplexing. This could be nothing short of “your own personal narc to turn you in for anything you do all the time”.

If the recording device is like a flying insect, as it is in many stories, I think the government would want to know where every one of those is at all times (or we could spy on them, couldn’t we?). At which point they may be sold to us as a “feature” but end up being an oppressor.

It sounds really cool, but if politics aren’t considered, this could be worse than the televisions in 1984.

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