With the launch of this BCI website and blog, you are invited to contribute your opinions, suggestions and links on the latest research, breakthroughs, etc. in the Brain Computer Interface field. This first blog entry raises issues of class separation resulting from the potential creation of a super intelligent class of society that supercedes the thinking ability of "organic humans".

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ETHICS & MORALS

Clearly, the resources do not exist for everybody to take advantage of this emerging technology. Whether the objective is restoration or augmentation of normal functionality, there will be  those left behind solely due to lack of means. On the augmentation side, to the extent these enhancements benefit mental capacity, issues arise as to whether a new and ominous form of class distinction is in the making. Exceptional intelligence is nothing new, but BCI used to augment mental capacity runs the risk of creating an unbridgeable thinking divide.

 

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