Would You Put Your Brain In A Robot Body?

[becomingagodo]

i just saw on the news about a chimp brain being put in a robot body scientist say human too robot body will be possible in ten years. i was just thinking would you put your brain in a robot body? the robot body would have the strength of three gorillias. the problem is that you will only be three feet tall and if you try to take your brain out off your robot body it will go mental and kill you. this raises some issue because if a war broke out between human and robots who would you fight for because your not technically a robot but if you fight for human your be screwed once they win and out in some camp because of danger. if this does happen you will have laser beam eye so you can see through clothes but not all the time because you would not like too look at granny naked and if you do get damaged your robot body is a brain surgeon so he will fix you. so would you put your brain in a robot body.

[O'nus]

Hell yes.. this body of flesh and bones sucks. This makes me really curious over wether or not people would think that they are still the same person if they transferred bodies. I think it would be really good for the paralyzed. However, I agree, it would most likely be exploited for military uses. It really makes me wonder if people are more concerned with living an "authentic" life that has potential threats and danger or a "perfect" utopian life. I am especially curious to hear what a Christian or Muslim would say to this idea. Personally, I think I would honestly prefer my own body. To answer why, cast your eyes to the great writings at the end of "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. (I would post it if I had a copy here... but I think you get the drift). ~

[Neruo]

Robot body = living at least 100 years. Maybe 250 with some luck. All I would like to keep are my eyes (or great sensors) my ears (or great sensors), my tounge (or great sensors), my nose (or great sensors) and my penis (or great sensors ).

[TheNocturnalGent]

I wouldnt do it unless it was the only thing that could save me from an illness/bad car accident etc. Otherwise im jsut fine with this sack of bones

[arh]

Regarding the last part of Neruo's post: the penis. If you put your brain inside a robot, what about sexual or other desires? I imagine they would still be present, and unless we got super sensors similar to those of our original body, you would be left pretty frustrated inside your metal casing. I guess the only robot suitable to live in would be that resembling a human body. Except it had to be super-strong, of course, and have other organs superior to the original.. Supplied all that, I guess I would say yes. But I'm not going to shout 'go Robocop!' any time soon.

[Bonsay]

As I know they already connected a blind mans brain to a camera so he could see for the first time ever! They also connected the brain of a mouse to a computer and got a remote controlled lab mouse. I remember quite a few cases of connecting a brain to a machine, like some people with paralisys could talk through a computer speech program, or people who lost an arm have robotic ones connected to their brain/nervous sistem.

[blade5x]

As I know they already connected a blind mans brain to a camera so he could see for the first time ever! They also connected the brain of a mouse to a computer and got a remote controlled lab mouse. I remember quite a few cases of connecting a brain to a machine, like some people with paralisys could talk through a computer speech program, or people who lost an arm have robotic ones connected to their brain/nervous sistem. [/b] I remember seeing that on TV. He couldn't see well, but he could see color, and he did have depth perception (like he could see a blur or colored object, and could tell it was about 5 feet away). That was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. I truly hope this is a success, and that people in particular who were born blind can have sight.

[Slight]

I wouldn't want my brain in a robot. It's still me then, right? I just have a different appearance .. so that sucks. Just like Neruo said, we would live so much longer. I don't want to live longer. And yea, what about sexuality, possible consequences when it comes to an antipathie between humans and robots etc. ??

[syzygy]

Holy crap! Did you see that freakin' chopper explode?

[spoon]

Can I be a robot tiger?

[Casualtie]

I doubt any war will break out between robots and humans any time in the near future, but this is a very interesting subject. Personally, I would like to put my brain in a robot body ONLY once I have lived my life fully and am on my death bed. Being a robot you would lose all physical feelings and I'm sure some emotional ones. You would lose your sense of taste, touch, and smell, and I'd like to keep those as long as possible.

[QwinsepiaSquared]

Meh, I think I'd rather keep my body. And I don't want to live to be much older than 60 anyway. If it was a temporary option, I might just try it though.

[NeAvO]

I'd keep my body, I could cope with being stuck in a cold metal body for who knows how long. I'd have to be able to feel and smell ect. Humans aren't meant to be robots in my opinion, its just not natural.

[The Blue Meanie]

I think that the ability to transplant a living brain into a brainless empty clone-body will be developed WAY before the technology required to implant a brain into a machine and create a functioning bio-mechanical interfacing. Would I do the latter? No. The former? Probably, if it were safe and I could choose my new cloned body.

[Neruo]

I think that the ability to transplant a living brain into a brainless empty clone-body will be developed WAY before the technology required to implant a brain into a machine and create a functioning bio-mechanical interfacing. Would I do the latter? No. The former? Probably, if it were safe and I could choose my new cloned body. [/b] Actually, that allready is possible. They once put a chimps head on another chimps body. It worked too. And that was back in the 60's / 70's or something. So it Could be do with humans, only Bush would like it as much as stemcell research. (point is: people find it weird, so it gets slowed down).

[Bonsay]

I think nano bots will be made sooner than cloned bodies or making robot ones. Then the nano bots would stop ageing hoorah! By the way here is the first nano car ever

[Bonsay]

Here you go:

[becomingagodo]

this is a joke topic. i did to see if you actually read and think about the post and would question me because what im saying make nosense. i just saw on the news about a chimp brain being put in a robot body scientist say human too robot body will be possible in ten years. i was just thinking would you put your brain in a robot body? the robot body would have the strength of three gorillias. the problem is that you will only be three feet tall and if you try to take your brain out off your robot body it will go mental and kill you. this raises some issue because if a war broke out between human and robots who would you fight for because your not technically a robot but if you fight for human your be screwed once they win and out in some camp because of danger. if this does happen you will have laser beam eye so you can see through clothes but not all the time because you would not like too look at granny naked and if you do get damaged your robot body is a brain surgeon so he will fix you. so would you put your brain in a robot body.[/b] from the repies it seem No if you watch sealab2021 i robot episode http://youtube.com/watch?v=toR7ZQJSahE your see the irony because this forum like the people of sealab. well except spoon which i think he has seen it.

[spoon]

syzygy got it first

[Wolffe]

This makes me really curious over wether or not people would think that they are still the same person if they transferred bodies. I think it would be really good for the paralyzed. However, I agree, it would most likely be exploited for military uses. [/b] I believe they would. By thinking about what exactly our mind is, by looking at the fact that every cell in the brain must die, and be replaced by another one, meaning that our minds mustn't be just the particular cells, and by assuming that a soul, etc is too silly to not be factually correct, and that we're the same person after 'dying' on the operating table etc and being ressusitated, we could probably assume that 'we' are constantly stored in our brains, probably meaning we're mearly our memories, ergo, we should be the same person if our brains were to be transferred to a robotic body! Regarding the last part of Neruo's post: the penis. If you put your brain inside a robot, what about sexual or other desires? I imagine they would still be present, and unless we got super sensors similar to those of our original body, you would be left pretty frustrated inside your metal casing. [/b] Ahh that wouldnt be a problem. Sexual drive is a result of testosterone, which we would no longer be capable of producing! :3

[Bonsay]

How would the robot body support the brain? It can't just be floating in a jar full of jelly.

[Wolffe]

How would the robot body support the brain? It can't just be floating in a jar full of jelly. [/b] That's what I thought :S it'd need a constant oxygen supply from somewhere, as well as some way to repair the brain's dying cells

[blade5x]

That's what I thought :S it'd need a constant oxygen supply from somewhere, as well as some way to repair the brain's dying cells [/b] Circulating jelly filled with plenty of oxygen

[arh]

Actually, that allready is possible. They once put a chimps head on another chimps body. It worked too. And that was back in the 60's / 70's or something. So it Could be do with humans, only Bush would like it as much as stemcell research. (point is: people find it weird, so it gets slowed down). [/b] What is your source?

[Neruo]

What is your source? [/b] http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~art511_j/emerging...transplant.html It also was on discovery once, just google 'head transplant' or something Kind of cool.