From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Mon Jan 18 1999 - 17:42:17 MST
Billy Brown wrote:
>
> OTOH, I doubt that such studies will have much relevance to intelligence
> enhancement. It doesn't look like biotech is moving fast enough for that.
Nothing but the FDA and lack of funding prevents me from using existing
neural stimulation* technology and the Algernic bank shot** to start
enhancing intelligence tomorrow.
>From my own case, though, I'd say at least 11 years to useful help and
16 years to real power.
* = Medtronic's Aptiva
** = off the localizable emotions in the limbic system to stimulation of
their corresponding intellectual abilities.
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