Wagon

[Lemon Cheesecake]

so much info out there that we have no idea~!

[Kyndreth]

The universe is big.

[chobi]

one mind- one life - not enough xD

so we gotta have more people thinking on them I guess

[Kyndreth]

teams

[chobi]

And spreading the legacy of our lives to future generations without losing the meaning or goals along the way.

[Kyndreth]

Isn't that pretty much impossible.

[galled]

I think it will become less impossible as tech evolves. Up until the last 100 years or so, we only had word of mouth and the written word to pass things along. Then came audio, and then video. Today add in mountains of other bits of information and you can get a much clearer picture of the past. Of course you'll still need to be a good consumer of information (know what is objective and what is subjective, what is fake and what is honest), but I think simulations (think VR) and eventually direct brain connections will allow you to know what others think/thought experience/experienced will remove much of the interpretation issues we have always had.

[Kyndreth]

So... upload our brains to form a hivemind?

[galled]

So... upload our brains to form a hivemind?

And it begins...

Elon Musk launches Neuralink, a venture to merge the human brain with AI

http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/27/15077864/elon-musk-neuralink-brain-computer-interface-ai-cyborgs

[Kyndreth]

Oooh, i always wanted to be a cyborg and part of a hivemind.

Except peer pressure would suck sooo much more. I'd be like that brain cell everyone tells to shut up XD

... devices that can help with obesity? Yes please!

[galled]

Oooh, i always wanted to be a cyborg and part of a hivemind.

Except peer pressure would suck sooo much more. I'd be like that brain cell everyone tells to shut up XD

Now there's a quote!

[Kyndreth]

Heeeeh XD

Glad you found that quotable!

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It'd be like... Oooh, remember that time we talked about blah blah blah~

HiveMind(HM) A: yes! Shut up!

Oh... okay...
*to another hivemind member*

Heeeey, so about that project you were doing, wouldn't it be cool if...
*rattles on about random nonsensical completely implausible ideas*

-hivemind member can't run away anymore-
HiveMind(HM) B: Shush! I'm trying to concentrate on this project!

Ohh.... Okay!

*runs off to find another hivemind member*
Sooooo...

HiveMind(HM) C: Oh god, not again! I'm busy! Find someone else!
-mentally retreating-

B-but! Waait I've got IDEAS! for SCIENCE! and STORIES!

HiveMind(HM) C: Oh god! HELP!

HiveMind (ALL): SHUT UP WE'RE BUSY!!!

oh... okay...
*draws in the sand with toes*

Oooh, but what about~!

HiveMind (ALL): GAH!!!

Kyndreth: *huffs* Uh... Rude! Just for that I'm gonna tell you all my ideas anyways~! You can't shut me up~! I'm part of the hivemind now!!!

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Narrator: And this... children, is how the great hero Kyndreth single-handedly rescued humanity from the Alien hivemind.

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*Resistance struggling and shooting, it's a warzone, suddenly alien motherships swoop down and pull all the HM humans away/release other humans while dropping Kyndreth back*

HiveMind: OH GOD! We surrender. We'll give you tech! We'll release your humans! We'll pay reparations! We'll leaave! Just take her baaack!

Kyndreth: Noooo!!! I have IDEAS! You're feeding me IDEAS!, you can't do this to meeee!!!

HM: Oh god, run hurry get her out of our hivemind! Pleeeaaase, we're begging you!!!

*the resistance is confused*

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Kyndreth: Uwuuuu... this was so unfair! Hivemind come back!

Narrator: ...ignore her children.

Child A: But that's the great hero Kyndreth
Child B: Yeaah, didn't she save humanity?

Kyndreth: Boohoohoo! I was soo close to getting them to write my stories for me!

Narrator: Ignore her.

Children: But-!

Narrator: IGNORE HER!

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Years later:

Humanity: OH GOD!! HIVEMIND! COME BACK! TAKE US OFF THIS PLANET! SHE HASN'T STOPPED SINCE YOU LEFT!

Kyndreth: Sheesh, it's like humanity lost its collective manners. Tranqs? C'mon! I was talking here!

Human A: That's exactly the point!

Kyndreth: Puh-leaze~ Thanks to hivemind assimilation, I'm practically immortal anyways. And is it just me or are your tranqs getting weaker. I was only out for...

*checks watch*

Eh... couple minutes or so.

*gets shot with another round of tranqs, collapses*

*wakes up faster*

*checks watch*

Kyndreth: Hoooh, cool, it was just a minute and a half this time! Again!

Humanity: Oh god she's adapting!

[chobi]

You know that's an actual episode of Rick and Morty.. Rick was totally corrupting a hive mind that enslaved entire planet xD

btw people, I know how interesting and tempting hybrid between mechanical and biological might look like, but I also greatly believe in people. Human's are only using small part of their brains and I think if trained properly we can learn to memorize very easily new things. It's a matter of preconditioning and training and hard work.

Me and one friend of mine often have a discussion about hybrid mecha/biological or pure biological power. I'd say at the very least advance the brain capability before mixing both

[galled]

If it's used as a tool, and you receive proper training, I think tech augmentation can be a good thing. It's when the line blurs too much, we'll have problems.

As for the using the small part of the brain. I think that's been disproved by brain scans. We use all areas of our brain, but I will concede that we don't use it to our potential, so I agree more could and SHOULD be done.

I think brain tech will take a while, but it's never too late to think about the possibilities and downsides ASAP. It can quickly get out of hand. Look at what's happened to drones.

[Kyndreth]

No one said anything about my story. Fine. Well I thought it was hilarious. Hmph.

Downsides should definitely be considered. Humans are diabolically clever. There's a reason we can't have good things