Medicine in the US is very expensive. There is a lot of money in helping with neurological conditions or paralysis.
Comment on Valve CEO Gabe Newell’s Neuralink competitor is expecting its first brain chip this year
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
The fact that most people would obviously never want to get a brain chip implant, combined with the fact that multiple billionaires are developing brain chip implants, indicates that there are plans in some circles to incentivize or coerce people into getting a brain chip implant at some point in the future.
AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 1 week ago
RagingRobot@lemmy.world 1 week ago
What if you were going to die but you could live indefinitely if you got the implant? Would an incentive like that interest you?
Huschke@lemmy.world 1 week ago
So like the black mirror episode?
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Why would a brain implant allow me to live indefinitely?
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I would explain it to you - but you would need the brain implant to understand the context completely. Are you interested in getting the implant now? :)
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
No.
Rinna@lemm.ee 1 week ago
They’ve existed for awhile for people with certain disabilities and further advancements in the field would be great for the people who actually need them, but outside of that niche most people would likely not want to risk it over a highly invasive surgery.
a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
If they could make them small / sensitive enough to make them subdermal, without the risky brainsurgery, that would be an absolute gamechanger and would increase acceptance by a lot. if the process would be like getting a few piercings under local anesthesia, it would make servicing the hardware much less of a life and death decision, and i wouldn’t mind getting something like that - especially if it’s on the hackability scale of a steam deck lol
pennomi@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It’s risk/reward. If brain chips made me twice as productive or intelligent, I’d probably tolerate a lot more risk than if it was just a way to check my Instagram notifications without pulling out my phone.
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Productive or intelligent for whose benefit? If it’s so that you can perform better under wage labor conditions, that’s coercion.
pennomi@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I am self-employed. So myself, I guess.
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Well then hell yea. Though sticking to my original prediction, that means you won’t be the demographic it gets marketed to or pushed upon.