[imagesource: X/Hashem Al-Ghaili]

Someone once said that Black Mirror wasn’t a fictional series, but a documentary. If all the advancements in AI haven’t already convinced you of that, then this freaky AI medical technology will definitely do the trick.

A neuroscience and biomedical engineering startup BrainBridge has introduced what it calls the world’s first revolutionary full head transplant system.

Yes, in some not-so-distant future, human beings will be able to get a whole new head.

Powered by Artificial Intelligence, this system will use robotics to replace a healthy human head from a disabled body with a functional body of a brain-dead patient.

Naturally, with all the wildly ambitious and unachievable-seeming ideas out there, this project is also being led by a UAE-based scientist.

Dubai’s Hashem Al-Ghaili shared a futuristic yet disturbing video of a head transplant being performed by robots, assuring that the patients receiving a new body will have their cognitive abilities, memories and consciousness intact.

According to BrainBridge, this system would give new life to patients suffering from untreatable conditions like terminal cancer, paralysis and brain diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. The system will also be able to perform face transplants if someone is willing to go that far to look younger and fresher.

Because robotics are at the helm, BrainBridge claims that it will ensure smooth outcomes and faster recoveries. The high-speed robotic system will also eliminate human error and prevent brain cell degradation, the company claims in the video.

The video is insane enough to make you lose your head already:

I really do recommend spending the eight minutes it takes to watch the video in full. It’s a welcome way to treasure your own thoughts relative to your own body.

Surely, the chances of error would still be significant considering how complex it is to attach a new head and brain to a different spinal cord, oesophagus, trachea, nerves, blood vessels and other tissues.

My doctors can’t even figure out my carpal tunnel symptoms, never mind attaching a whole head – with even more important nerves – to a totally different body.

Then, there’s also the socio-emotional and psychological concerns of someone suddenly needing to cope with a whole new face and body, while their brain tries to sort out the new system. Then think about the ethics and cost! Nope, this is too much.

“Our technology promises to open doors to lifesaving treatments that were unimaginable just a few years ago,” Al-Ghaili told SWNS, per the New York Post, also revealing that his project will eventually expand to spinal cord reconstruction and full body transplant.

Yeah, well, good luck finding your Frankenstein. Some things might be better left in the imagination.

[source:mashable]