For VR/AR(XR) & AI… Do the Benefits outweigh the Risks?
Aside from the more common Benefits of #VirtualReality, entertainment, education, health, therapy, gaming etc. Here are some lesser known ones.
- Telepresence & time-travel is now available
- Globally shared experiences restructure our education system.
- Powerful tool to to reduce need for global resources
Aside from the more commonly known Risks of #VR, like nausea , and being traumatized with a scary first experience. The lesser known risks are
- a sense of reduced privacy, or security converting all public spaces to Live feeds.
- Subliminal manipulation
- targeted marking untested products to children
Aside from the more common Benefits of #AugmentedReality #Technology
There are also Risks of #AR #tech based on the data collected from all of that
Even the more controversial development of #ArtificialIntelligence has huge Benefits.
- Symbiosis (cooperation) with a higher intelligence
- ability to increase efficiency and Improve quality of life
Not to say there aren’t some huge Risks to #AI such as
- Emotional attachment and that whole Rise of the machines thing.
For more benefits and risks check out
https://www.facebook.com/VRbenefitsandrisks/
What’s really exciting is that with all these Technologies COMBINED, into one device….
We have even great BENEFITS.
But also much larger RISKS, such as the war over ownership of your DATA, and also, the gadgets themselves…