-Caveat Lector- > > DS2000 wrote: > > Dr Brooks said even today people were starting to accept technology into > > their bodies in the form of bionic ears, brain implants to control > > Parkinson's disease and other devices. > > So, if I make a clone, hop it up on these magic super drugs that > quickly grow it to the same physical age as myself (as many > anti-cloning illustrations insist is easily possible today), and add in > implants to give it a useable knowledge of the world (how to walk, how > to talk, how to understand my language) while at the same time making > it servile to me alone...at what point does it cease to still be human? > > > In practical terms that would allow humans to operate with the accuracy and > > control of machines and to have almost complete control over their immediate > > environment. > > > > "So the concept of a robot in a human form, I believe, will become > > redundant," Professor Brooks said after speaking at the Festival Ideas in > > Adelaide. > > Except that humanoid robot bodies then become much more viable, since > they can be teleoperated by people a safe distance away like puppets, > thus eliminating their main cost (autonomous control software) and thus > making them much more disposable. And even if one does not go there, > there's still the factor of robots being able to take over highly > structured, minimally varying manual labor for which procedures for > human-shaped workers have been hammered out over centuries. (They > would still need controllers; expect a lot of new controllers to be > people displaced out of the labor itself, especially for businesses > that take the opportunity to grreatly expand their workforce without > expanding their salary outlays.) > > > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
