Chips inserted in brains will give us MIND-BLOWING abilities within years
SUPERHUMANS: Chips inserted in brains will give us
MIND-BLOWING abilities within years
SUPER HUMANS could exist in just 15 years thanks to a
computer chip inserted into the brain to unlock the mankind’s full potential.
By SEAN MARTIN 12:19, Thu, Nov 9, 2017 | UPDATED: 12:24,
Thu, Nov 9, 2017
People will be able to buy new memories and delete
unwanted ones in the near future as experts believe they are close to
biohacking the body’s most powerful tool, according to a leading technology
entrepreneur.
Speaking at Lisbon’s Web Summit, Bryan Johnson, the
founder of Kernel – a start-up researching the possibilities of microchips
being inserted on the brain – says unlocking the true potential of the mind is
the “single greatest thing” humanity can achieve.
Kernel’s first step is to design chips that can help
fight disease, but then it hopes to evolve the brain to offer superhuman
abilities.
The firm’s website reads: “To further explore our own
human boundaries, a wave of new technologies needs to emerge that can access,
read, and write from the most powerful tool we have — the human brain.
“At Kernel, our primary aim is to develop technologies to
understand and treat neurological diseases in new and exciting ways.
“We will then interpret the brain’s complex workings in
order to create applications towards cognitive enhancement.”
Mr Johnson told the audience at Web Summit: “I would
expect in around 15-20 years we will have a sufficiently robust set of tools
for the brain that we could pose any question we wanted.
“For example, could I have a perfect memory? Could I
delete my memories? Could I increase my rate of learning, could I have brain to
brain communication?
“Imagine a scenario where I say ‘I want to know what it’s
like to be a cowboy in the American west in the 1800s?’ and someone creates
that experience mentally.
“I’m able to take that and purchase that from that person
and experience that.”
When Mr Johnson was questioned on whether such technology
could cause further divisions in society between those that do have a neural
implant and those that do not, the founder of Braintree, which was sold to eBay
for $800 million in 2013, said that he believes such technology will become
“democratised, like smartphones”.
He said: “The bigger question on this is: ‘Is working on
this a luxury or a necessity?’
“I don’t understand what we are so scared of losing?
“I don’t know why it would not be the singular focus of
the human race because everything we do stems from our brain.”
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