What kind of software/hardware updates would human 1.1 look like to you?

sxt

Presuming there will be a time when humans can be updating like an apple or android device

What needs the most updating..

In version 1.1

I'd like to see Whatever that coding is to make you scared senseless when you hear a rustling in the bushes when you are walking in a park. The default setting of 100 should be able to be adjusted

Ubbquittious

First thing I'd start doing is working towards a modular design so parts can be replaced more easily. So losing an eye won't be a lifelong disability

For the brain I'd add a few modes that simulate drunkenness and an option to switch of pain without the need to ingest unhealthy substances

Fight/flight response needs a bit of a tweaking.

Capt'n Midnight

Fix blind spots by putting the nerves on the outside of the eyeball. (intelligent design my arse)

Be able to grown new teeth.

Sort out hernias by having more internal support now we are vertical.

Our ancestors used to have bigger brains, might come in handy again.

Having a third eye, in case someone is sneaking up behind you, or to look at your phone discretely.

A prehensile tale. Extra thumbs would be handy. And gills so you wouldn't have to worry about drowning if you fell into the canal.

Vision like a mantis shrimp.

Danno

Better RAM to ROM conversions, so much of what we hear and read/see is forgotten.

WrenBoy

Upping Cartilage regeneration ability a couple notches in the next update would have a major impact on peoples lives as they age.

super_furry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byDiILrNbM4

This about covers it.

Atlantic Dawn

I'd move the heart to the right side of the body so less likely to get stabbed there by a right handed person.

riclad

Sound volume control , reduce sound input when it's too noisy or you want to go to sleep. Equal power in right or left hands to do anything. No decline in eyesight we all have good vision at least til the age of 80

Extra memory skills, once you read something you can recall it anytime good for passing exams it would not be good to be able to remember everything as a lot of life is boring waiting for a bus , filling in forms etc

Sleepy

I think most could do with an increase in their willpower - would likely help people become the best version of themselves.

timmyntc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118087986#Comment_118087986

How do you magnify what you see if nerves are on the outside of the eye?

The whole point of the nerves being at the back is that with the lens you can zoom and focus on things near or far. How does your intelligent design fix that?

Wibbs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118087986#Comment_118087986

Our ancestors used to have bigger brains, might come in handy again.

One theory why we had larger brains in the paleolithic is because back then we hadn't started to specialise. We didn't have people in the community who were specialists in tool making, or hide preperation, or decoration etc. So we had to be a jack of all trades and masters of most of them, a stone age renaissance man, because if you weren't you wouldn't survive long. This required bigger brains. When specialisation came along and Sean from the next cave over became the toolmaker who you paid with decent cuts of meat, that left you to become specialised in say being the guy who was the specialist hunter and so on. Becoming a specialist meant more of someone's grey matter was focused on one task and they would get better and better at it. Specialisation was one of the biggest changes in human history and the world around us wouldn't be the way it is without it. So maybe smaller brains aren't so bad after all? 😁

That would be the problem with many upgrades, you don't know the long term changes that would occur, both positive and negative.

One upgrade that might be positive or neutral would be reduced aging effects on the body. So a 70 year old would be as fit and healthy as a 20 year old. Some animals are already like that. A 40 year old albatross looks and tests as a 4 year old. They are born, mature and essentially stay like that until they drop off the twig in their fifities. That would bypass the need for anti hernia upgrades, new teeth and the like. A lot more 60 year olds get hernias than 20 year olds.

EmmetSpiceland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118105912#Comment_118105912

“When specialisation came along” reminded me of this:

https://youtu.be/XTLyXamRvk4

AllForIt

I think a brain 'software' reset would be useful for some people. Criminals and the like.

BattleCorp1

Given that we are all supposed to be focused on climate change, my suggestions are all related to helping save the environment.

I'm going to start with the ability to see in the dark. No more lights needed.

And lets throw in more insulation or a bodily system where the cold/heat doesn't really affect us.........boom, no more heating/cooling needed.

And make our digestive system more efficient so that we only need 1% of our current intake of food to survive.

And lastly..................... some sort of upgrade to stop people behaving like cnuts.

Riddle101

Reduce the aging process so I'll age more slowly, so by the time I'm 100 I'll look like a 40 year old man. Would also like to enhance my intelligence and memory.

Sgt Hartman

Certain body parts such as breasts, ovaries, prostate and testicles are far too prone to cancer. This needs to be seriously tweaked. Maybe an improvement in joint design also to make certain joints more resistant to wear and tear.

Orange Tiny Terror

an extra eye on a periscope type thing that is useful for watching gigs when some giant is standing in front of you. Could look around corners too.

I’d like the ability to fly.

Ubbquittious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118108126#Comment_118108126

What is it with reproductive organs and cancer? Did the Lord not use a long enough checksum for those?

Potential-Monke

I posit that if we get to the stage where we need updates, are we human any longer?

Hope not. Sign me up! No need for sustenance, but coding could still allow you to enjoy food. Same with drink. On/off drunk switch. Android body, something like Adam Jensen, cool a fuk sunglasses and all. Actually, yeah, update 1.1 will enable the cool a fuk sunglasses....

I would have put a gif in here, but they all have really long links so can't... Google Adam Jensen glasses gif

sydthebeat

I'm going to wait till version 2.0

Don't want no damn beta testing done on me!!

Potential-Monke

1.1 would be good, beta would be 0.x I be thinking! Then again, depends on who's doing the updates. If it's MS, best off waiting.

nj27

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118110910#Comment_118110910

Being able to eat anything you want without getting fat is my answer to this question and also the what superpower would you pick question. I’d just have steak and chips for breakfast.