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Frost890098 t1_j5ftxc1 wrote

One of the possibilities is also to merge with the computer systems. Singularityhub.com is a site where they look at some of the possibilities and science that is working twords a merging of man and machine.

The biggest thing that I see is that technology and society are trying to pull in different directions but are then pulled together. Making a third path. Probably doesn't make much sense with my word choice.

Society needs to be ready to change but technology is forcing a change at a greater pace than ever before. I expect a few big shake ups coming soon. Hopefully with a minimum of violence, but we will have to wait and see.

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jcurie OP t1_j5gccq0 wrote

Hey, I’d love an Iron Man suit. Smart prosthetics would be great. Augmentation is definitely going to happen, but merge? I dont see that. And vice versa, e.g. the dictate to shift the planet to electric cars without any plan of how we will charge so many vehicles with low quality electric grids from the 1950’s!

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Frost890098 t1_j5gsng7 wrote

It it getting closer to power armor being available. I know Japan has been running with some ideas for a powered harness used when having to lift elderly home patients. Plus at least three US contractors have been trying to get a mechanical harness off the power cables and onto batteries.

I believe one of the ideas is to basically download the mind into a AI form. Or to use augmented reality to have access to both the physical world and the digital world at the same time. And who knows maybe with AI we can come up with a better idea for updating the infrastructure.

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