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This is more than enough to turn me off from the idea of neural anything in the brains of humans. Especially if it's all being ran by a fledgling sycophant like Musk.

Even if it's not drastic, I don't want to know what the worst case scenario would've been.

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p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Idk… I don’t like Elon, but this is actually incredibly huge overall. he controlled a computer with his mind. That’s amazing for people who could benefit from it. I think it’s worth continuing down this path. I’m sure the man knew the risks and still chose to do it, meaning it was worth it to him.

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- Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  This isn’t something new to nueralink. Brain-machine interfaces have existed for quite some time. Neuralink is one of a number of companies that are exploring directly implanting these devices rather than using an externally attached (hence, easily removable) interface, but the core thesis of “Brain control computer” isn’t any kind of grand leap forward. That’s just Musk’s marketing.
  
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  - p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    I saw a dude play chess with his mind where otherwise he couldn’t. I’ve never even heard of tech like thus so it’s 100% new to me lol
    
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    Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Is it because you are unfamiliar with adaptive tech? Eye tracking devices allowing quadriplegic people to interact with computers by looking at them and blinking have been around since at least the mid 00s. Like a decade ago the “mind reading” external tech got cheap enough for simplified toys to be made with it. Implanting it directly into the body is a lot of risk for very little benefit.
    
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    curiousPJ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Just because you never heard of it doesn’t mean it hasn’t existed…
    
    released in 2008
    
    www.newegg.com/p/N82E16826100006
    
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Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Especially if the extent of it is that it lets you move a mouse. How does that offer any improvement over eye tracking adaptive tech?

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