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Darpa is testing implanting chips in soldiers’ brains

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Re: Darpa is testing implanting chips in soldiers’ brains

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Post by vfdfv »

stonogo wrote: post #17
coldtea wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, the kind that results in more efficient mass murder, suffering, and oppression in the world. Hurray!

This is a pretty stupid assumption to make. All the of the 'weaponized brain' bullshit is coming from breathless web journalism types -- DARPA's research is into offsetting TBI, which is a real problem for many, many veterans. If you need proof that not everything DARPA does is going to immediately commit mass murder, consider the internet you used to post your teenaged witticism.

This 'weaponized brain' bullshit arises out of a very legitimate fear of the US military, the right-wing nutcases that pull its strings, and its extensive history of unethical human experimentation. If DARPA is seriously interested in reducing TBI then perhaps they should consider conducting fewer fraudulent wars.

Re: Darpa is testing implanting chips in soldiers’ brains

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Post by mcv »

synctext wrote: post #16
sobkas wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm more interested what are the chances of soldier going "insane" just before giving testimony to court/senate about "some things that people in the control of that chip would like to bury"? Or even having a stroke or epilepsy attack...

Clickbait title To repair injury, not sensational super soldiers. “Suggesting that we aim to develop ‘super soldiers’ or that our brain-related research is being conducted to ‘unlock the secrets of artificial intelligence’ is patently false,'” he said.

Of course he would deny that.

Re: Darpa is testing implanting chips in soldiers’ brains

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Post by tbrownaw »

stonogo wrote: post #17
coldtea wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, the kind that results in more efficient mass murder, suffering, and oppression in the world. Hurray!

This is a pretty stupid assumption to make. All the of the 'weaponized brain' bullshit is coming from breathless web journalism types -- DARPA's research is into offsetting TBI, which is a real problem for many, many veterans. If you need proof that not everything DARPA does is going to immediately commit mass murder, consider the internet you used to post your teenaged witticism.

If you need proof that not everything DARPA does is going to immediately commit mass murder, consider the internet you used to post your teenaged witticism.

I take it you've never heard of Skynet?

Re: Darpa is testing implanting chips in soldiers’ brains

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Post by gyuhjihvgj »

stonogo wrote: post #17
coldtea wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, the kind that results in more efficient mass murder, suffering, and oppression in the world. Hurray!

This is a pretty stupid assumption to make. All the of the 'weaponized brain' bullshit is coming from breathless web journalism types -- DARPA's research is into offsetting TBI, which is a real problem for many, many veterans. If you need proof that not everything DARPA does is going to immediately commit mass murder, consider the internet you used to post your teenaged witticism.

You do realize 'defense department' is a euphemism for the world's most powerful military which has engaged in numerous regional conflicts in recent years, conflicts which have destroyed several countries, displaced millions and resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths?

Yeah, do you need a teenage witticism to understand that or not?

Re: Darpa is testing implanting chips in soldiers’ brains

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Post by aethertap »

rollthehard6 wrote: post #10
toolslive wrote: post #9

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happiness_Cage it was a movie first ;)

See also Rogue Trooper from 2000AD - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_Trooper in which the 'biochips' where backups for the minds of disposable, genetically engineered soldier's bodies.

There's a fun sci-fi series by Richard K Morgan that uses this concept. It starts with "Altered Carbon."

Re: Darpa is testing implanting chips in soldiers’ brains

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Post by cryoshon »

stevoo wrote: post #4

I am wondering if this can be used two ways and if the soldiers with this implant are willing to take the risks. Assuming that a soldier has been captured by enemy forces and he has knowledge of vital information. What are the chances that using the implant they can "fry" the soldier brain to avoid giving the enemy those vital information ?

This probably already exists. I don't believe they'd need to fry the brain, just explode it or titrate certain drugs.

Re: Darpa is testing implanting chips in soldiers’ brains

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Post by coldtea »

stonogo wrote: post #17
coldtea wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, the kind that results in more efficient mass murder, suffering, and oppression in the world. Hurray!

This is a pretty stupid assumption to make. All the of the 'weaponized brain' bullshit is coming from breathless web journalism types -- DARPA's research is into offsetting TBI, which is a real problem for many, many veterans. If you need proof that not everything DARPA does is going to immediately commit mass murder, consider the internet you used to post your teenaged witticism.

>DARPA's research is into offsetting TBI, which is a real problem for many, many veterans

Because if it leads to techniques to make more efficient killing machines of the soldiers they'll pass them over? Or because they are not researching that too, all the time?

>If you need proof that not everything DARPA does is going to immediately commit mass murder, consider the internet you used to post your teenaged witticism.

That was created to facilitate a nuclear war scenario, so that the army facilities could still operate and have fault tolerant distributed communication etc. While we don't use it for that now, it's not the best example to make your point.

Besides it seems you missed the whole:

"The question that should punctuate everything DARPA does, Jacobsen suggests, is “How can this be weaponized?”"

thing, from somebody who has studied DARPA long time...

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