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RESEARCH, ANALYSIS & TRENDS

Man- Machine vs. Robot remain unanswered here. If, for example, a citizen who
is interactively connected to a BMI is still allowed to
Two developments are facing each other: the vote in the democracy process, how can one ensure
technological expansion of bio humans (Biomeschen) on that his or her voice has not been manipulated by
the one hand, and the humanization of robots. Which hacker attacks and how is that voice rated? For all
line of development will gain more importance in the technological challenges, the ethical issues involved,
future can’t be foreseen yet, but pioneers of this and their social implementation will continue to concern
development, such as Elon Musk, see the challenge in us for a long time.
the future in the fact that AI will outstrip the intelligence
of humanity. In order to avoid a substantial threat to our What does this mean for the mobility of the
species from this development, Musk recommends the future?
connection of the human brain and artificial intelligence.
Only if we grow integrative with technological The above developments will have many influences on
development, and even enter the digital space, can we our understanding of mobility. Through an advanced
keep future AIs under control.
brain-computer interface, we could hook into an
android and control it as if it were our own body.
Are we in danger?
Instead of physically traveling to a distant place, we
What would happen if BCIs or the servers on which the could, for example, take control of a work robot from
interactions take place are targeted by a cyberattack and our current location and have it done anywhere in the
hacked? Not only human-generated information could be world. ◊
stolen for the benefit of the attacker, in the worst case, a By Nada Lea Welker, magility
digitized soul would be completely deleted or altered so
that its original identity would be lost. Many questions

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