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Mind reading machines on their way: IBM

Lifestyle Dec. 26, 2011 - 06:02AM JST ( 8 )

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FarmboyDec. 26, 2011 - 07:52AM JST

“Imagine you will be able to walk up to an ATM machine to securely withdraw money by simply speaking your name or looking into a tiny sensor that can recognize the unique patterns in the retina of your eye,” IBM said.

On the movies, retinal scans always lead to eyeball-plucking, and fingerprint IDs lead to finger-slicing. I hope they think this through. I'm guessing they'll do away with ATMs altogether, and people will download money from their virtual savings in the cloud to their implants.
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tkoind2Dec. 26, 2011 - 09:35AM JST
Some thoughts.
- " junk email will be eliminated by smarter filtering" If the tech age has taught us any lasting lesson it is this, hackers and spammers have and will continue to keep pace with efforts to prevent their intrusions. Anyone thinking this will suddenly go away is as optimistic as a child awaiting Santa's arrival.
- "Biological makeup will become the key to personal identity." At what price? If this comes to pass, you can forget privacy. And just imagine the capabilities this technology will endow marketers with. You think spam and advertising is bad now, imagine when they are able to scan your movements and follow every thing you look at while shopping.
And then there are the Orwellian aspects of this technology and what the state may do with it.

Bottom line here, technology is wonderful as long as it serves a free society. But once it is driven by profit motive and a desire for security, it can easily become a monster than oppresses us. We need to push back on further invasion of our lives by potentially dangerous technology. Privacy and freedom must be prioritized over convenience.
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gaijinfoDec. 26, 2011 - 10:18AM JST

It works two ways. If they create the technology to control ATMs with your mind, they'll develop technology to deliver advertising the same way. No thanks.
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edojinDec. 26, 2011 - 01:05PM JST

Boy ... good luck reading my mind. I think the mind-reading machine would go bonkers trying to figure out what's going on in my beanie ... Probably the same holds true for most of you contributors to this Japan Today site ...
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JapanGalDec. 26, 2011 - 05:18PM JST

I do not want anyone messing with my mind. It is already hard enough to keep on track.

One thing cool though, is that I never ever get any junk mail on my iPhone. Why?
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Ivan CoughanoffalotDec. 26, 2011 - 09:16PM JST

Not a lot for this machine to work with in this neck of the woods.
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anglootakuDec. 26, 2011 - 09:47PM JST

Interesting though hopefully they can expand in research and not let it go to the dept of defense..
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SerranoDec. 26, 2011 - 09:55PM JST

"recognize who they are dealing with"

Bueller. Ferris Bueller.