They haven't gotten to the point where they could install that function on me, so I just have to stick with my already-present immune system.
C00lface
What about nano bots Whoa, now don't get crazy. It's "Million dollar man," not "Billion dollar man." Personally, I wouldn't mind being made of nanobots. Maybe when it gets cheaper.
They haven't gotten to the point where they could install that function on me, so I just have to stick with my already-present immune system.
THE_DRUGGIE
No No... there won't be progress there; first we make artificial bodies in their entirity with the capacity to support a human brain, THEN we figure out how to heal based on existing scaffolding. ;)
[QUOTE="CRS98"][QUOTE="C00lface"][QUOTE="POPEYE1716"] What about nano bots Whoa, now don't get crazy. It's "Million dollar man," not "Billion dollar man." Personally, I wouldn't mind being made of nanobots. Maybe when it gets cheaper. I know it would be cool
[QUOTE="CRS98"][QUOTE="C00lface"] Whoa, now don't get crazy. It's "Million dollar man," not "Billion dollar man."POPEYE1716
Personally, I wouldn't mind being made of nanobots. Maybe when it gets cheaper. I know it would be cool I don't know, given the general course of engineering that would mean you have an "off" switch of some form, and possibly be hackable. If someone wants to turn me off now, it takes strong sedatives or a well placed bullet, and hacking is a no-go.
[QUOTE="POPEYE1716"][QUOTE="CRS98"] Personally, I wouldn't mind being made of nanobots. Maybe when it gets cheaper.Frame_Dragger
I know it would be cool I don't know, given the general course of engineering that would mean you have an "off" switch of some form, and possibly be hackable. If someone wants to turn me off now, it takes strong sedatives or a bullet or two, and hacking is a no-go. Well, just to prevent that, we could standardize nanobots and create engineering that would make it impossible to hack, even use super intelligent AI. Actually, why the ---- would anyone connect their body to a network anyway or be readily accessible? I just figured if you wanted to upgrade your nanorobot body, you would get a new set. Also, there are primitive ways of hacking the human body: Disease. And parasites.
[QUOTE="Frame_Dragger"][QUOTE="POPEYE1716"] I know it would be coolCRS98
I don't know, given the general course of engineering that would mean you have an "off" switch of some form, and possibly be hackable. If someone wants to turn me off now, it takes strong sedatives or a bullet or two, and hacking is a no-go. Well, just to prevent that, we could standardize nanobots and create engineering that would make it impossible to hack, even use super intelligent AI. Actually, why the ---- would anyone connect their body to a network anyway or be readily accessible? I just figured if you wanted to upgrade your nanorobot body, you would get a new set. Also, there are primitive ways of hacking the human body: Disease. And parasites. In any case of mass production, errors may occur. As for a network, how do you think the nanites that compose you will communicate? Chemical, electrical, or some other signal, it will be subject to hacking. Unlike the human mind (which will likely be hackable eventually), having been programmed and engineered the blueprints to exploit it will already exist. Think of an RFID, Bluetooth, or Wifi. A parasite or disease might kill the human body by co-opting its replicatory machinery, but it won't alter your mind beyond degrading it and killing you. Beyond that, standardization is essentially what makes things most easily hackable, and if you can make it, you can hack it... or at least that's what the entirity of the relevant history tells us. Use AI, and that AI can have its own agenda, or be hacked itself either after or during production. How about when you want to upgrade some function, or connect to a communications network? What if you need a bug-fix? No CRS98... nothing is perfect, and the results of imperfection here would be to rob someone of their humanity, beyond killing them.
[QUOTE="CRS98"][QUOTE="Frame_Dragger"] I don't know, given the general course of engineering that would mean you have an "off" switch of some form, and possibly be hackable. If someone wants to turn me off now, it takes strong sedatives or a bullet or two, and hacking is a no-go. Frame_Dragger
Well, just to prevent that, we could standardize nanobots and create engineering that would make it impossible to hack, even use super intelligent AI. Actually, why the ---- would anyone connect their body to a network anyway or be readily accessible? I just figured if you wanted to upgrade your nanorobot body, you would get a new set. Also, there are primitive ways of hacking the human body: Disease. And parasites. In any case of mass production, errors may occur. As for a network, how do you think the nanites that compose you will communicate? Chemical, electrical, or some other signal, it will be subject to hacking. Unlike the human mind (which will likely be hackable eventually), having been programmed and engineered the blueprints to exploit it will already exist. Think of an RFID, Bluetooth, or Wifi. A parasite or disease might kill the human body by co-opting its replicatory machinery, but it won't alter your mind beyond degrading it and killing you. Beyond that, standardization is essentially what makes things most easily hackable, and if you can make it, you can hack it... or at least that's what the entirity of the relevant history tells us. Use AI, and that AI can have its own agenda, or be hacked itself either after or during production. How about when you want to upgrade some function, or connect to a communications network? What if you need a bug-fix? No CRS98... nothing is perfect, and the results of imperfection here would be to rob someone of their humanity, beyond killing them. Meh. Science will march on.
[QUOTE="Frame_Dragger"][QUOTE="CRS98"] Well, just to prevent that, we could standardize nanobots and create engineering that would make it impossible to hack, even use super intelligent AI. Actually, why the ---- would anyone connect their body to a network anyway or be readily accessible? I just figured if you wanted to upgrade your nanorobot body, you would get a new set. Also, there are primitive ways of hacking the human body: Disease. And parasites.CRS98
In any case of mass production, errors may occur. As for a network, how do you think the nanites that compose you will communicate? Chemical, electrical, or some other signal, it will be subject to hacking. Unlike the human mind (which will likely be hackable eventually), having been programmed and engineered the blueprints to exploit it will already exist. Think of an RFID, Bluetooth, or Wifi. A parasite or disease might kill the human body by co-opting its replicatory machinery, but it won't alter your mind beyond degrading it and killing you. Beyond that, standardization is essentially what makes things most easily hackable, and if you can make it, you can hack it... or at least that's what the entirity of the relevant history tells us. Use AI, and that AI can have its own agenda, or be hacked itself either after or during production. How about when you want to upgrade some function, or connect to a communications network? What if you need a bug-fix? No CRS98... nothing is perfect, and the results of imperfection here would be to rob someone of their humanity, beyond killing them. Meh. Science will march on. Of course it will, but that hardly changes the challenges inherent in taking theory and engineering devices based on it, or the inherent limitations of any product..
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