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I found this notice on the IONS (Institute of Noetic Sciences) website. It looks like an interesting use of the technology, and I'm sure I would have to be dragged away from the programs. The ice cave idea is spectacular.
However.....
My second thought was about the slippery slope of dependence on AI. I believe we are in a grey area and need to think things through before we plunge full speed ahead.
Loren Carpenter, co-founder of Pixar, now at IONS, has set up a full immersion virtual reality lab at IONS that will allow a participant to fly thru space, paint a reality in 3-D then travel around in it, or paddle the Grand Canyon. The purpose is to study emotional and physical reactions to perceptions to see whether there are applications for increasing joy and compassion, relieving chronic pain or depression, or inducing out of body experiences. Another Lab has been able to help cool the pain of children burn victims by allowing them to perceive that they are in an ice cave.
http://community.noetic.org/blog/ions-community-group-leader-call-summary-june-14th-2016
However.....
My second thought was about the slippery slope of dependence on AI. I believe we are in a grey area and need to think things through before we plunge full speed ahead.
Loren Carpenter, co-founder of Pixar, now at IONS, has set up a full immersion virtual reality lab at IONS that will allow a participant to fly thru space, paint a reality in 3-D then travel around in it, or paddle the Grand Canyon. The purpose is to study emotional and physical reactions to perceptions to see whether there are applications for increasing joy and compassion, relieving chronic pain or depression, or inducing out of body experiences. Another Lab has been able to help cool the pain of children burn victims by allowing them to perceive that they are in an ice cave.
http://community.noetic.org/blog/ions-community-group-leader-call-summary-june-14th-2016