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  • Paul Krugman: A famous economist and Nobel Prize winner claimed in 1998 that by 2005 the internet would have no greater impact than the fax machine on global economics. This claim was based on a counterargument he had made regarding Metcalfe’s Law, which states that the sum of connections in any network is the square of its participants; Krugman argued that this model was flawed regarding the internet - most people had nothing to say to one another









  • Excellent summary! Yes the obsolescence will be a massive problem given the high-risk nature of any procedure to access the cranial vault. I can’t see this technology moving out of the therapeutic realm until viable non-invasive alternatives exist, I feel people will be much more comfortable to experiment with this tech once they know they can simply switch it off or detach it without risking their biology. I can see a cultural shift occurring with the advent of this type of technology, from short sighted consumerism to something a bit more holistic and long-term


  • I agree, the creators will have considerable influence over the robots but what I am wondering is to what extent that power will be curbed if a charter of rights is developed for the robots? The creators’ motivations will no doubt be driven by profit and the promise of inexhaustible labour. I think it is possible that the robots may end up with rights as a way to protect human workers, in the sense that they need to be more difficult to exploit in order to reduce their ability to compete with humans. In that way the robots could even receive rights before they develop sufficient sentience to appreciate them