Preface
"Flesh and blood suffer, machinery soars", the machine and the brain can now "unite the mind"!
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As early as two months ago, Musk claimed that his team had broken through the epoch-making technology of "brain-computer interface", the combination of the human brain and machinery can enable the paralyzed to perform some simple actions, or allow the blind to regain vision.
Musk is a person who can often bring all kinds of surprises and innovations to mankind, but unfortunately he is not a Chinese!
Nowadays, our Zhejiang University has also developed a brain-computer interface, and has realized the idea of operating the robotic arm to write.
Which is better or worse between Zhejiang brain machine and Musk's brain machine?
On April 23, the media reported that the brain-computer interface experiment of Zhejiang University was successful, and a 76-year-old paralyzed person successfully wrote Chinese characters through brain-computer interconnection, and the whole process was controlled only by the mind.
Brain-computer interface is considered to be the frontier of today's high-tech, the use of human brain consciousness to directly control machinery is no longer limited to science fiction films, we are approaching the future technology step by step, this technology may be the new generation of "industrial revolution" that human beings are experiencing!
The success of the experiment at Zhejiang University also proves that the mainland is in a leading position in this field, and the brain computer developed by Musk is now only exposed to the news that it is just controlling the mouse, while our brain computer can directly control the robotic arm to write, which is better and worse at a glance.
Although both are controlled by the brain's mind, the former is only controlled by the mouse on the computer, and we can use it to control the machine.
The control of the robotic arm is very complex, take the current "stepper motor" robotic arm as an example, and the least hardware is required to control it.
The first step is to program the fixed program through the computer, and then write the program into the PLC (electromechanical control module), and the module can be activated before the robotic arm can be controlled.
Such industrial robots can only complete repetitive and simple actions, and cannot be as delicate and flexible as our human hands, although they can also be used to write Chinese characters, but they still rely on advance programming.
It's a bit difficult to write as you want, and programming ahead of time seems to be an insurmountable barrier, and there is an insurmountable gap between the human brain and the machine.
The advent of brain-computer interfaces can integrate the two, and the era of human beings being able to control machines by virtue of their consciousness has officially arrived.
It's just that it can't be controlled wirelessly like in science fiction movies, and it still depends on data cables to control, and the gap between wired and wireless is easy to break through.
It has not taken many years for human telephones to break through from wired to wireless, and in the future, we may be able to rely on consciousness to control machinery wirelessly, and we are entering a new era.
Once the technology matures, it will be beneficial to the disabled group, whether it is the lack of facial features or the loss of limbs, it can be made up for by machinery, the blind can be replaced by a camera, the lame can be replaced by mechanical legs, and those who have no hands can be directly equipped with a pair of iron hands.
There may even be cyborgs similar to those from Robocop, when we humans will be able to avoid a lot of diseases, because steel doesn't get sick!
The whole people open the "brain hole"
Although the brain-computer interface technology seems very novel, it is mainly used in the paralyzed or disabled groups, and it seems to be almost useless for our normal people.
Brain-computer technology is not only used for people with disabilities, but also for normal people, there are too many application scenarios, and brain-computer may be full of our lives.
Children may not need to study hard to master the knowledge, just "download" the knowledge they need to learn into the brain.
If this download technology is realized in the future, the cycle and cost of learning knowledge will also be greatly reduced.
Various electronic devices can also be directly controlled with consciousness, or transfer our consciousness to the virtual world, which is the real "Minecraft", and virtual life may become an indispensable part of us in the future.
At that time, there will be another dimension in our lives, which is no longer limited to real life, and if you feel that real life is too boring, you can hide in your own little world.
Just like the movie "The Matrix", enter the virtual world and act recklessly, be your own creator, and do whatever you want in it.
You can also store the consciousness of your deceased relatives in the system, and when you miss your loved ones, you can enter the brain-computer system and live with your loved ones.
These are just my personal imaginations, we don't know how far the specific brain computer will develop in the future, and the current brain computer is just the beginning.
Not everyone can accept a hole in their skull, after all, the risk of surgery is still very high, and if it causes a brain infection, the gain outweighs the loss.
Will fully mechanical humans appear?
Many science fiction movies feature fully robotic or cyborg humans, who have clear human consciousness, but their bodies are countless times stronger than ordinary flesh and blood.
The human body is like an egg and a stone compared to a machine, and the strength of our flesh and blood is insignificant in the face of machinery, and there are too many threats to the flesh, and a serious illness can take away human life.
And these threats are not worth mentioning for robots, because robots have no concept of illness at all, at most some parts are damaged due to accidents, and the value of these mechanical parts will be much lower than human organs and limbs, and they can be replaced indefinitely.
This is something we humans can't do, and the material of the robot is much stronger than our flesh, whether it is steel or carbon fiber material robot, the strength is crushing level.
There is almost no probability of such a high-strength body, as long as you don't die, and you don't get sick, some kind of theoretical robot is immortal.
Now there is a brain-computer interface, and after development, it may be possible to download or output human consciousness, and boldly guess whether human beings will upload their consciousness to robots.
From my personal point of view, it seems unacceptable to turn flesh-and-blood people into cold machines, but what about dying people?
If a person has an incurable disease and knows that he will die soon, will this person choose to upload his consciousness, and the strong human instinct for survival may choose to do so.
When human beings reach the most crisis, the survival instinct will urge him to do anything, and if he can continue his life by becoming a robot, away from illness and pain, I am afraid that many people will be ruined for this.
epilogue
This kind of mechanical body that carries the human mind can be regarded as "silicon-based life" in a sense, which may be more conducive to our exploration of the universe, and our journey after getting rid of the weak body may be the sea of stars.
But whether this kind of robot can still be considered a human is a question worth considering!
Is mechanization soaring or disappearing?
References:
The Paper released on April 23, 2024 "Zhejiang University Brain-Computer Interface Team Successfully Realized Brain-controlled Writing of Chinese Characters"
CCTV released on November 1, 2020 on the CCTV client "Future Dinner 2020|The purpose of brain-computer technology research is not to make human beings become superhumans"
Red Star News released on the Douyin platform on February 21, 2024 "Musk: Closing the brain-computer interface human subjects may have recovered, and they can operate the mouse by thinking in order"
The content of this article contains the author's personal judgment and understanding, and at the same time polishes the content, pay attention to distinguish, for reference only!