Only idiots think the ruling class and big tech would use this technology to turn everyone into a supergenius. They'll use it to make you a drooling retard literally incapable of resistance, likely years before this tech would even be capable of making anyone smarter.
I know the rich want it for themselves, I'm saying they don't want it for normal people. They want to create a wider gap between you and them. If this technology ever exists, they'll use it to make everyone else dumber and easier to control and then use it to improve themselves. Everyone being a genius threatens existing power structures.
Doubt that will last even if it will come to pass though.
Assuming those nanobots would be permanently connected to internet it would take only one rogue programmer to have a change of heart and hide release code in regular update.
It took only one Damore to make a royal mess for google. I doubt he's the last of his kind.
No, we'll separate into the "elites", "cyborgs" (drooling slaves to the elites), and luddites.
There is no possible scenario where the people who literally consider you cattle will do anything to improve your life in any way. Noone's working on "uplifting" a pig in a pen. If someone comes to you and says "Hey, want a chip in your brain? It'll make you reeeeeal smart!", then I beg you to break the motherfucker's neck, because otherwise you'll be another body normal people will have to mow down in the uprising.
I think you project too much humanity on them. Most of these fuckers are enraged that their pile of money won't save them from death, and they would never extend immortality to you if they had it, because then they lose their status. Money doesn't mean shit if everyone's immortal.
Only idiots think the ruling class and big tech would use this technology to turn everyone into a supergenius. They'll use it to make you a drooling retard literally incapable of resistance, likely years before this tech would even be capable of making anyone smarter.
I'd think they'd be aware of the possibility of such nanobots accidentally infected themselves and consider the risk too great.
I know the rich want it for themselves, I'm saying they don't want it for normal people. They want to create a wider gap between you and them. If this technology ever exists, they'll use it to make everyone else dumber and easier to control and then use it to improve themselves. Everyone being a genius threatens existing power structures.
Doubt that will last even if it will come to pass though.
Assuming those nanobots would be permanently connected to internet it would take only one rogue programmer to have a change of heart and hide release code in regular update.
It took only one Damore to make a royal mess for google. I doubt he's the last of his kind.
No, we'll separate into the "elites", "cyborgs" (drooling slaves to the elites), and luddites.
There is no possible scenario where the people who literally consider you cattle will do anything to improve your life in any way. Noone's working on "uplifting" a pig in a pen. If someone comes to you and says "Hey, want a chip in your brain? It'll make you reeeeeal smart!", then I beg you to break the motherfucker's neck, because otherwise you'll be another body normal people will have to mow down in the uprising.
I think you project too much humanity on them. Most of these fuckers are enraged that their pile of money won't save them from death, and they would never extend immortality to you if they had it, because then they lose their status. Money doesn't mean shit if everyone's immortal.