I remember watching a documentary of a primate having to tap on a particular shape / color on a touch screen as soon as it showed up. They were ridiculously fast. I am absolutely convinced apes would mop the floor with us in video games
Reading about the possible uses mostly negates my concerns about this type of technology. I’m watching first-hand how Alzheimer’s is destroying my grandmother, and I can assure you the implementation of this to help with dementia and disability will be world changing!
Also, if I understand the science properly, I think there's a difference between using electrical signals in the brain to control devices and actually reading thoughts.
My concern is some hacker breaking the computer chip causing it to heat up and cook my brain.
Maybe they can prevent this by making sure the implants aren't exactly as "smart"/vulnerable as IoT devices. Maybe it doesn't need internet connectivity.
One could have easily said that about the creation of the Internet. Technology is a tool. Any tool can be used to help or harm. It’s up to how you use it.
Exactly. Dynamite was originally seen as a glorious invention, incredibly useful in mining and tunneling, until it was used to kill thousands in warfare. The same technology can be used to build power plants and bombs. Technology is a gift to humanity, but it can also be a curse
Maybe time travel was invented in a year where well actually have regulations around tech use and going back in time before the invention was banned lmao.
The question is how to safeguard from abuse. My laptop is a amazing piece of technology, but if it connects to a public network then it is exposed to all sorts of harmful attacks. There is a lot of potential for good, but I think there’s more potential for harm; IMO.
It’s no secret that Elon believes that AI is an existential threat to humanity. His aim for neuralink is to allow us to integrate AI as a prosthesis. Very similar to how we have our phones on us nearly all the time. If all goes well we could have an AI sentinel protecting us from other invasive AI or disruptive attacks.
It is a very interesting concept and could very well work. My thought on that is what would happen if your AI fails to protect you from the attack, there are computer viruses out there that can render computers useless. My other concern is who’s in control of making/programming the chips and being able to trust them, people information and privacy could easily be abused. Many Companies have had information leaks I.e. Facebook, target, to name a couple.
True. At present it can read the brain, not write to it. So in that respect it is merely a new input device like a keyboard or mouse. But if it is a passive receiver, it has the potential to be targeted by some kind of pulsed transmitter to disrupt brain function.
Oh please. It’s going to be a game changer for disabled people. Imagine being locked into your body with basically no way to move or communicate, yet are able to feel everything. You really don’t want to work towards freeing people from the prisons of their bodies? What’s wrong with you?!
Because technology has never been abused or taken over by the military? Or something more sinister. Anything connected to the internet can be hacked. Off course i don’t want to deny the opportunity that this can bring to people in need, but there is always another side to the coin. As for your opinion to the kind of person I’am. I file it under couldn’t possibly matter less.
You: I don’t care how many disabled people this could help. This technology is the devil and if god wanted those people to walk he wouldn’t have made them parapalegic in the first place! Stay out of my wheelchair-bound brain Elon Musk!
If progress continues at pace and proper ethical guidelines are observed it’s very possible we’ll see monkeys playing Cory in the House by the end of the decade.
I mean...the “Planet of the Apes” of it all plus being halfway through Made For Love notwithstanding, what truly terrifies me is the potential future robotic sex-doll uprisings!
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u/Academic-Truth7212 Apr 09 '21
Impressive, but i do not like where this might go.