Thread: First step to recording dreams as video?

It reminds me of that movie with Robin Williams... the one about the chips put into peoples brains when they were young to record their entire life (chips also recorded the dreams).

They can record what you are thinking before you say it. Can you say THOUGHT CRIME?

Originally Posted by ranma187

They can record what you are thinking before you say it. Can you say THOUGHT CRIME?

I'd just like to point out that at the elementary and very, very basic levels of this technology that such ideas are still not conceivable and are still very much notions of the relatively distant future. Saying this is a precursor to "thought crime" is like saying paper cups connected by string is the step before having everyone being constantly listened to and recorded. Just throwing that out there.

Originally Posted by Robot Butler

I always assume that too. Then I think about the war in Iraq, and how they don't even armor plate their hummers or give the soldiers bulletproof vests. If we had hi-tech weapons, mind control devices, and robot suits, why would we need all these jackasses running around with gear from the '80s like they're out for a day of paintball?

Same reason why we're still pumping refined fuels from crude oil into our cars.

That is pretty neat. Wouldn't the programing in this thing have to be altered in order to process other languages?

And better yet, how cool would it be if these things could translate into whatever language you want? You think "Where is the subway" and it speaks it in French, German, or whatever language you want!

Originally Posted by Iliad Keys

That is pretty neat. Wouldn't the programing in this thing have to be altered in order to process other languages?

And better yet, how cool would it be if these things could translate into whatever language you want? You think "Where is the subway" and it speaks it in French, German, or whatever language you want!

Yeah that'd be cool.

There was this innovation labs convention thing in Denmark not too long, I was there. Showed of bunches of cool things. This word-brain-converter thingy was also there, though it seemed kinda buggy. It worked to an extent though.

He seems to be concentrating really hard... It seems like it would be hard to do if others would be talking to you...

Originally Posted by wasup

I'd just like to point out that at the elementary and very, very basic levels of this technology that such ideas are still not conceivable and are still very much notions of the relatively distant future. Saying this is a precursor to "thought crime" is like saying paper cups connected by string is the step before having everyone being constantly listened to and recorded. Just throwing that out there.

I agree with you there. I just think such technology should be used for the right reasons, such as recording dreams. Which is what i hope will come from it.

Originally Posted by ranma187

I agree with you there. I just think such technology should be used for the right reasons, such as recording dreams. Which is what i hope will come from it.

Well, to be honest, I highly doubt that's where it's gonna go, because that's not where the money is. Most of the technology will go to conveniencing the world. As in - imagine a world where you just walk around and think to open doors, etc. But with this, of course, comes some sort of moderation and control. But think of it from another perspective. Imagine if we were in the context of 500 years ago, thinking about being constantly watched, recorded, having any government be able to contact us within minutes and be within our presence within hours. Imagine if there were tools that they could point at you and pull a trigger and instantly kill you, or instantly bring you to the ground. All of this seems pretty overbearing when you think of it, right? While I am a very liberal person, I think people often exaggerate what "will come." As long as we have an intelligent government that can set some sort of moral standard for the use of this technology, I don't think it would be a problem. And, for example, interrogating someone through reading their thoughts. I don't honestly see what's so bad about that. I mean, try to disregard any "slipper slope" here (reading someone's thoughts for any mundane thing, abusing it, etc.). From that point of view, it seems pretty good, doesn't it? If you aren't guilty, the worst that will happen is they find out some random triviality or some perverted secret, which they wouldn't care about (though I'll admit in the case of the second one, it would be "cruel and unusual punishment", I'd say). But it would certainly help if they were guilty. Actually, imagine if they restricted the use of "mind reading" to terrorists. That seems pretty appealing to me. Personally, I agree that I wouldn't want to be subjected to that because I enjoy my own secrets. But imagine if they could use something like that for "suspected terrorists" instead of "enhanced interrogation techniques."