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We asked AI to show us what bodybuilders would look like 100 years from now and the results suggest we might not be too far away from becoming part robot.
The images show women with all the typical features of a bodybuilder – toned abs, bulging biceps, etc – but while sporting mechanical extensions.
They evoke thoughts of a dystopian future world you might see in an all-action blockbuster film. But research suggests this is the direction we're heading in.
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Boffins at Technion in Israel have already created a biological computer, a technological device that works within a bacterial cell. Ph.D. student Natalia Barger explained: "We built a kind of biological computer in the living cells. In this computer, as in regular computers, circuits carry out complicated calculations. Only here, these circuits are genetic, not electronic, and information are carried by proteins and not electrons."
The devices seen on the AI-produced bodybuilders of the future appear almost like a suit in some of the images, but in others seem to be integrated into the humans themselves. Almost all have a device running up behind their ear and across their head, indicative of the integration of tech into the brain.
We are already seeing massive advances in this regard, most famously with Elon Musk's Neuralink. This week the firm announced it had received approval from an independent review board to begin recruiting patients for the first human trials of its brain-implant chip.
Neuralink is just one of several firms developing a device that promises to help humans keep up with AI by analysing brain signals. The initial trials look set to focus on patients with quadriplegia, hopefully allowing them to use a region of the brain that controls movement. But in 100 years time we might all have one, with the tech relaying our body's nutritional and fitness needs so we can all be in bodybuilder shape.
A 2021 study produced by dentsu, a global advertising and digital agency, suggested brain chips and robotic exoskeletons (like those seen on the bodybuilders of the future) could become part of everyday life within 10 years.
"By 2030, exponential advances in biomedical and technological research will enable people to upgrade their cognitive and physical capabilities," the study states.
And the firm reckon it's a change that a significant proportion of us will welcome. A dentsu spokesperson told MailOnline: "More than 20 years since The Matrix, we're now seeing a growing embrace of synthetic enhancements and virtual experiences.
"In addition to natural, organic products and services, consumers are now keen to explore a world of tech augmentation that will improve our health as well as the way we express emotion and experience pleasure."
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