Lucid dream startup says engineers can write code in their sleep. Work may never be the same
Lucid dream startup says engineers can write code in their sleep. Work may never be the same
Prophetic is developing technology to induce lucid dreams, in which CEOs can practice for board meetings and architects can design buildings while asleep.
I sometimes lucid dream, something tips me off that it's not real, and then I can take some control. Mostly I like flying, but sometimes I go full crimefighting superhero.
Realizing you are in a dream world and deciding to work, is like winning a billion dollars and deciding to spend it all on a nice car somehow. What a boring waste.
I have a lot of lucid dreams, and they're often in a specific city, and sometimes I even go to work in these dreams. I haven't lived in a city and worked in an office in over 10 years, so it's some kind of reverse escapism. I can always leave, and weird stuff happens anyway. I wouldn't trust any of my work output there.
But to let a company try to take over your dreams and never let you escape, you need to stand up and fight that shit. Put them in a never-ending nightmare where nobody gives them money.
This concept actually makes me want to have AI take my job
If I’m going to be working in my dreams, I better get paid for it.
This is stupid for a wide variety of reasons, but one of the more interesting ones is that text is notoriously inconsistent in dreams.
A very common "reality check" to see if you're dreaming is to look at a clock or text, look away, and look back. The time/text will nearly always change.
So explain to me how they expect COMPUTER CODE to work?
I already work in my dreams. I’m always having dreams about going back to jobs from my past. God owes me money or something.
Doubt
I don't entertain media with clickbait titles, and you shouldn't either.
I spend enough time at work during the day, I'm not letting some manager take my sleep from me too. Fuck that.
Well this is fucking dystopian.
For a job this would be horrifying. But for my hobbies? This would be cool as all heck.
You have no idea the shit that's in my dreams. You wanna see me code like that?
Buckle up, chuckle-nuts.
I'm probably not a lucid dreamer, but at times when I write code all day long I may also dream about it at night. Sometimes, I would wake up in the middle of the night and write an "amazing solution" down so I can implement it the next day. Not surprisingly, most of the "amazing solutions" are total nonsense.
Edit: If this happens to you, it's probably a sign that you code way too much. I know it might be difficult, but try to relax more please.
Get your beefbrain shield pro quick, we're headed into hypnospace
This would lead to awful code, but it's 100% bullshit.
Your waking life for minimum wage and your dreams for free.
People spend one-third of their lives asleep. What if employees could work during that time … in their dreams?
Great The Onion stuff. Hard to make this shit up.
Imagine if you could study in your sleep... Or "watch" a book and be acually there... Hmm that wouldn't really work for innner dialogue of other characters...
No. Fuck no.
Are you really sleeping then? I thought the point of sleeping was to wash away the buildup of plaque (amyloid?) in your brain. IINM the inability to get rid of it is one of the reasons for Alzheimers and dementia.
I would really like to know what they measure and how it compares between users and non-users of this ultrasonic tech. Disrupting brain functionality to be quasi awake might not be the smartest thing to do.
Hey guys do you wanna fly on the plane I dreamt into reality?
Yes and then you wake up more tired than when you went to sleep (talking of my experience with lucid dreaming).
I thought sleep was supposed to be my time.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
But there’s still an appetite for new technologies, since the potential for creativity and problem-solving is so great and since many on the market don’t work to the extent they promise, a dreaming expert told Fortune.
The potential of lucid dreaming is less about conquering specific problems and more about finding new, creative ways to approach topics that a sleeper couldn’t previously fathom.
For example, a mathematician might not reach a specific, numerical answer to a math problem while asleep, but the lucid dream allows them to explore new strategies to tackle the equation while awake.
To create the Halo, Prophetic is working with Card79 founder Afshin Mehin, who designed the Neuralink N1 device for Elon Musk’s brain implant company.
Wollberg founded Prophetic in March alongside chief technology officer Wesley Louis Berry III, who was previously creating augmented reality art.
In response to this claim, Wollberg cited a series of studies that link the level of prefrontal cortex activation with the ability to control a dream.
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Getting closer and closer to making you part of the Matrix. Your productivity is not allowed to stop.
doubt
No thank you.
It looks like interest rates aren't high enough.
yes, complaining about everything gives upvotes even when it's an obvious clickbait, but:
what people are afraid of: extended work hours
what's more likely to happen and I'm excited for: typing effortlessly at the speed of thought, writing code while working out, having more creative ideas while resting
Upcoming app ideas from a world of restless engineers:
- Nightmr - find the partner of your dreamsTM
- Google Dream Ads - advertise your product while your clients sleep
Someone somewhere is already planning how they will get people to work around the clock this way, and someone else somewhere is probably desperate enough to feed themselves or their family that they'll take it when offered.
