Michael GarrettWed, Jan 16, 2008 I understand the pitch, it's just interesting to me how the pitch is, hey and look, you can kill the other guy. Military robots are on the battle field and in the air and no one can deny they have other actual practical applications we could call for the common good.
When the monkey was first able to move the cursor on the video screen without moving his hand on the joy stick, the implications of those tests were enormous. My wife has spent a lifetime working with the severely handicapped and disabled. She has used systems developed by Kurzweil to facilitate speech for people who have never spoken. A technological advance in the area of the mind controlling objects would truly be a welcome relief for a whole lot of people.
I understand the pitch, it's just interesting to me how the pitch is, hey and look, you can kill the other guy. Military robots are on the battle field and in the air and no one can deny they have other actual practical applications we could call for the common good.
When the monkey was first able to move the cursor on the video screen without moving his hand on the joy stick, the implications of those tests were enormous. My wife has spent a lifetime working with the severely handicapped and disabled. She has used systems developed by Kurzweil to facilitate speech for people who have never spoken. A technological advance in the area of the mind controlling objects would truly be a welcome relief for a whole lot of people.