On 7/9/2015 4:37 AM, Richard Aiken wrote:
> Back in amongst the flotsam and jetsam of my recent near-flame-war,
> there popped up the notion of infants with implanted data links to
> provide multiple POVs external to their bodies. My supposition was
> that such infants would grow up to be - essentially - aliens. They
> would not be able to form a human-like sense of self, since they would
> be unable to differentiate between their own natural POV and the
> external ones.
>
> I just realized that the Cylon "skin jobs" from the reimagined
> Battlestar Galactica series are just such infants, all grown up. Sane
> (by Cylon standards) "skin jobs" don't see themselves as individuals
> but merely as an unremarkable iteration of their particular model, no
> more or less important than any other. It's only after extended
> contact with humans that some of these iterations begin to perceive
> themselves differently, to desire to live independently from the group
> consciousness, even to the point of actively rebelling and siding with
> the humans.
>
> In fact, given that they can only be told from "real" humans through
> means of a extremely precise genetic test (including the obvious
> ability to interbreed), "skin jobs" ARE humans . . . just ones with a
> decidedly non-standard upbringing.
>
> --
> Richard Aiken
>
Yeah that idea got me thinking about was actually needed of the brain
wrangling multiple drones. Multiple POV as well as data sets for things
like maintaining distance from other drones, staying in support weapon
range of some or all of the drones, collating all of the sensor
readings/sensorium and making sense of them. On the fly. While energetic
bits of matter and energy are whizzing by. And expected to be good at
this because you could turn on the stereo tri-d, check the fridge for
refreshments, and tell the stove to fire up dinner. Really what the hell
do you need to be networked to other people's senses for as a child?

Was this supposed to be pipe directly to the brain or played over the
eyes with lasers? Cause if it is the latter I think they will be running
out of eyeball.

Joseph Paul