Comment on First human brain implant malfunctioned, Neuralink says

penquin@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• jabathekek@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Elon is just the face and money man.

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  • penquin@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Understand that, and kudos to all the great minds who made this thing a reality.

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• Phegan@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Nah this is a pretty dumb idea that is going to go poorly. It’s just techobros wishing we lived in a science fiction novel.

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  • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Everything's "techbros living in a sci-fi novel", until one day it isn't.

    I'm only 42 and I have seen very incredible advancements made in my lifetime that I never thought would be reality as a child.

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    • Lemmeenym@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The USB-C set a new benchmark for the popular Apollo 11 comparison. With the release of the USB-C, your phone’s charger now is about 563x faster, can store about 75% more commands, and has about 2x the RAM vs the Apollo 11.

      theverge.com/…/usb-c-anker-charger-apollo-11-moon…

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  • testfactor@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Maybe someday, but that’s not the point of the tech as it stands. It’s accessibility.

    They guy who it failed in (Noland Arbaugh) is a full on quadriplegic. The ability to use a computer in a semi-normal way is absolutely beyond life changing for him.

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    • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But those options were available to him without a risky brain implant. There’s a large amount of alternative interface methods and tools available for these purposes, they just don’t have Musk’s marketing budget and they aren’t run by someone that owns a newspaper, so they’re not well known outside the disabled community.

      We’ve had wearable (and thus removable and non invasive) neural interfaces for years now that have been able to do mouse control.

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      • KuraiWolfGaming@pawb.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Those alternatives are old tech that has way more limitations than a neural implant.

        Just because there is old tech that SORT OF does this, doesn’t mean it can’t be improved. That’s the same attitude behind “not needing more than 4mb of RAM” back in the day. You can’t stop progress all because YOU are fine with the current state of the tech.

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      • testfactor@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m well aware of the existence of alternatives. But you must agree that what is achievable with an implant far outstrips the current alternatives?

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    • penquin@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How dare you state anything but “I hate Elon and he’s a POS and everything he does is bad”. Elon is a garbage human being and I dislike him just as much as the other person, but I’m still going to give credit when it’s due. This is a fucking cool idea and will help a lot of people.

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  • KuraiWolfGaming@pawb.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Based on your reaction, I’d hate to hear your opinion on AI. Let me guess, its corpo data theft and only data theft?

    What about the multitude of FOSS projects that even you could use if you wanted?

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    • Phegan@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You are making a lot of assumptions

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• TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And when it succeeds, next update will push ads directly in your brain.

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  • penquin@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That made me chuckle. Lol

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