Future Talk

Ok, here's a question for you in the transhuman movement: how do you think we'll evolve the first example of multiple hearing channels?

The hearing-brain interface is well studied - would it be an augmentation at the brain level - in the perceptual regions? Would it be the augmentation of the cochlear nerves through more mechanical means?

I argue for something stimulating nerves electrically from within the processing center.

For what it's worth, I hope this one happened sooner on the time frame as it would be a superb transhuman trait to carry on multiple, simultaneous conversations at once.

By the time we reach this point though would auditory perception be describable in these terms. Perhaps by default we will gain infinite channels of input at this level.

Talk about the voices in my head.

Note: these combined with optical nerve modification it could be possible to create virtually super high resolution images of people as if they exist in reality. As if we're always with someone invisible (Like our AI counterpart).

What would the implications of a society talking to random people be like? I suppose it might be like cell phones today. Perhaps through you're own implant you would see that there was something there, but perhaps it would be blocked. And your OptiNerv Implants would inform you thusly.

But back to my original question: how will multiple-channel audio processing evolve in humans?