The Total Eclipse of A.I.

A.I. shines brightly and is expected to do so for the foreseeable future.  An advanced technology may have a life cycle of relevance that lasts years or decades.  However, as a preeminent technology, A.I. may not have years, much less decades.

The Emergence of ACCESS

The Rise of Conscious Humanoid Robots

A.I. is about to be eclipsed by a new technology developed by Interchange Laboratories.  This new technology is called ACCESS (Advanced Covert Communication through Entrainment of Subatomic Signals).

ACCESS is completely separate from any technology using brain signals or other physiological signals.  It gets its signals directly from the subatomic world.  This is the realm of human consciousness.

ACCESS has been specifically designed for the direct infusion of human consciousness into humanoid robots.  ACCESS is designed to allow each humanoid robot to be self-aware without the limitations of a central brain, nervous system, or sensory transducers.  Instead, they will have distributed intelligence operating through multiple ACCESS circuits that communicate non-locally, outside of the constraints of space and time.

ACCESS requires extremely low power consumption, in the low milliamps,  in contrast to power-hungry heat-generating A.I. systems.  For example, ACCESS typically operates for well over 24 hours on two 9-volt batteries.  It also operates within a wide temperature range and requires no shielding.  ACCESS is very robust and stable yet highly responsive to human mental intention at any distance through any barrier.

Now that all Research and Development has been completed, ACCESS has entered its commercial product development phase.  This development period is scheduled to last from a minimum of six months to a maximum of one year.

Its first application will be anything that is normally controlled by a standard joystick.  Typical applications for this mind-controlled joystick functionality range from video games to flight simulators and various types of vehicles.  For example, it will be small and light enough to be placed into a long-range drone for real-world mind-controlled flights without the need for radio communication.

Beyond joystick-controlled applications, follow-up iterations for ACCESS control data outputs are being designed to allow amputees to directly control fully-articulated prosthetic hands without any brain or nerve signals.  Within the prosthetics industry, ACCESS technology will reduce costs and enhance functionality and response to mental intention.

When someone mentally interacts with a robot hand, a level of emotional bonding occurs and increases over time.  This is expected to take place with fully-articulated prosthetic hands integrated with ACCESS technology.  This emotional and proprioceptive bonding with a hand is essentially where the infusion of human consciousness begins.

A residual effect of human consciousness can be measured even after an operator stops engaging.  What are the ramifications of this?  The phenomenon associated with human/machine interactions through ACCESS technology is the first signpost on the path toward infusion of human consciousness into full-bodied humanoid robots.

What does this mean for human civilization in general?  Within six months to a year, ACCESS will be in the hands of people controlling machines over any distance and through any barrier, instantaneously using their non-local mental intention.

People will be empowered like never before in recorded history.  More to the point, it will then be a matter of ordered progression, on a reasonably projected timeline, toward the infusion of human consciousness into fully-aware and truly sentient humanoid robots.  These will constitute a parallel sentient life form, indistinguishable from biological humans, given recent advancements in materials and artificial muscles, with super-sensory awareness without the need for or limitations of sensory transducers.  Furthermore, the cost of producing humanoid robots without the complex processing and control hardware, will be reduced substantially.  A.I. will be used only for peripheral functions, if at all.

A.I., and for that matter, quantum computers, cannot compete with ACCESS technology when it comes to the direct infusion of human consciousness into machines.  These mechanistic technologies will still be as useful as computers are today, although only in background support roles for biological humans and ACCESS applications.  Artificial General Intelligence, A.G.I., may or may not be worth pursuing given that competing with ACCESS will be seen as an exercise in futility.

In contrast, ACCESS is on track to empower anyone who encounters it, opening the door to a new and exciting world of opportunities and prosperity.