Thought Experiments

“Every four years at the Cybathlon, teams of researchers and technology ‘pilots’ compete to see whose brain-computer interface holds the most promise.” These technologies can be life-changing for those like Owen Collumb, who was paralyzed in 1993. But the advances in computer brain interfaces could impact everyone at some point. NYT (Gift Article): Let the Mind-Control Games Begin! “With artificial intelligence increasing the accessibility and sophistication of technological progress, the integration of organic and robot life is now a matter of degree. How tightly should we embrace these new tools? Will they make life better in the end? Can they change our idea of what people are capable of? The Cybathlon and its participants distill these questions into something concrete. ‘This isn’t showing your disabilities, it’s showing what you can do,’ Mr. Collumb said. ‘You may be in a wheelchair, you may not be able to move, but you can compete.'”