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Inspired by: FP7 » Intelligence boost

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Originally submitted by: Aharon Hauptman
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submitted

unpublished

Source of inspiration

European Commission Framework Programme for RTD (FP7)

Theme/activity of inspiration

Theme 3 - ICT - Information & communication technologies

Sub-theme/area of inspiration

Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics

Headline

(max. 9 words)

Intelligence boost

Description

(approx. 150 words)

Please describe the Wild Card (approx. 150 words)

NBIC and advanced BCI (Brain-Computer Interface) technologies lead to significant augmentation of human intelligence (personal as well as collective), with major social implications. One of possible outcomes could be a "collective super-brain). For example, teams of individuals linked via BCI (implanted?) chips among themselves and to the Net, achieve far greater efficiency than ordinary groups. What will make this Wild Card interesting? It would be surprising; It would invert established assumptions; It would unfold unforeseeable impacts

Keywords

intelligence, human intelligence, super-brain, brain-computer interface

Type of event

Human planned (e.g. terrorist attack or funded scientific breakthrough)

Type of systems affected

Both

Classification

Desirable

Importance

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Level 3: important for the European Union

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