[extropy-chat] Warwick: Could future computer viruses infecth umans?

[nsjacobus at yahoo.com]

Why not? It would obviously depend a lot on the nature of the interface 
itself. If the interface is sufficiently general so as to be able to 
dynamically generate code, why not?

Pretty cool, if you ask me. Ever read Cory Doctorow's short story 
"0wnz0red" ? If not, please do: 
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/28/0wnz0red/.

Cheers
NJ

On Nov 15, 2004, at 7:03 PM, Walter_Chen at compal.com wrote:

So human virus will infect computers also?

Thanks.
 
Walter.
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Why not? A virus, whether biological or computer-based, is really just
a logic machine. Such a virus would be able to cross from a digital
logic medium to a  biological one. The effects of such a virus would
differ depending on whether the virus is currently infecting a
biological-system or a computer, but this is very much like biological
viruses when they pass across species.



On Nov 15, 2004, at 5:51 PM, Adrian Tymes wrote:

--- nsjacobus at yahoo.com wrote:
 > Well, I think the idea is that eventually
 > computer/human interfaces
 > will consist of some sort of data-port that connects
 > directly into the
 > human nervous system. If so, then computer viruses
 > could indeed have a
 > deleterious effect on humans.

Yes, but this is not "computer viruses and biological
viruses becoming one and the same" even if they can
affect the same target.
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Cheers,
Nige

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butcher a hog, design a building, write a sonnet,  set a bone, comfort
the dying, take orders, give orders, solve equations, pitch manure,
program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die
gallantly.
Specialization is for insects.

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  A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, 
butcher a hog, design a building, write a sonnet,  set a bone, comfort 
the dying, take orders, give orders, solve equations, pitch manure, 
program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die 
gallantly.
Specialization is for insects.

  -- Robert Heinlein
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