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A Year of Telepathy

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Re: A Year of Telepathy

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Post by walrus01 »

OsrsNeedsf2P wrote: post #7
walrus01 wrote: post #4

I am extremely unlikely to ever allow anything even vaguely related to Elon Musk to implant something in my brain, or even to wear as completely noninvasive "through the skin" helmet or headband-like sensing device. Nevermind something with him as a founder.

The article shows a video of Noland, paralyzed from the shoulders down, playing Polytopia. It's great to be fully able-bodied and mock Elon Musk, but for someone to go from using a mouth stylus to playing Polytopia via telepathy is very cool and should be celebrated.

There is more than one organization/company in the world working on human-computer assistive interfaces for the paralyzed. For instance:

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230824/Brain-computer-in...

https://news.brown.edu/articles/2012/05/braingate2

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.123.037719

If you google "BCI brain computer interface paralyzed" you will find a wealth of researchers and organizations working on it which are not Neuralink.

Re: A Year of Telepathy

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Post by _--__--__ »

kadushka wrote: post #3

I’m curious why for Noland and Alex the implant usage dropped in the fourth month?

In both cases it looks more like a usage spike in the third month and then back to a pattern of roughly linear growth. Not sure if those spikes were related to updates to the neuralink itself or they just got really into a game/project/etc

Re: A Year of Telepathy

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Post by walrus01 »

the_optimist wrote: post #10
jdoe1337halo wrote: post #5

As much as I hate Musk, this brings a tear to my eyes seeing these disabled people regain autonomy and feel like a person again.

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At this point it would be much less effort to make a short list of the unquestionably good things he has done or is well known for, rather than attempting to list all of the despicable things he is recently associated with.

Re: A Year of Telepathy

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Post by TheMiddleMan »

the_optimist wrote: post #10
jdoe1337halo wrote: post #5

As much as I hate Musk, this brings a tear to my eyes seeing these disabled people regain autonomy and feel like a person again.

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Not everyone has the precise same definition of hate, and you know what they ^ mean.

Elon used to be all about truly advancing society, now he only seems interested in gaining wealth and power.

Re: A Year of Telepathy

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Post by bloopernova »

walrus01 wrote: post #4

I am extremely unlikely to ever allow anything even vaguely related to Elon Musk to implant something in my brain, or even to wear as completely noninvasive "through the skin" helmet or headband-like sensing device. Nevermind something with him as a founder.

I'm reminded of The Diamond Age novel, where a character hears about someone who had an implant which was hacked. If I recall correctly, the hack caused the implant to display an advertisement in a different language at the edge of their vision.

That seems pretty benign compared to what a neural implant could be made to do to someone.

Re: A Year of Telepathy

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Post by ben_w »

walrus01 wrote: post #4

I am extremely unlikely to ever allow anything even vaguely related to Elon Musk to implant something in my brain, or even to wear as completely noninvasive "through the skin" helmet or headband-like sensing device. Nevermind something with him as a founder.

"Mind virus" has a whole extra dimension when IoT is hardwired to your brain.

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Post by vermilingua »

TheMiddleMan wrote: post #16
the_optimist wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Not everyone has the precise same definition of hate, and you know what they ^ mean. Elon used to be all about truly advancing society, now he only seems interested in gaining wealth and power.

Elon used to appear to be all about truly advancing society; his motivations haven't changed, his PR strategy has.

Re: A Year of Telepathy

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Post by rezmason »

jdoe1337halo wrote: post #5

As much as I hate Musk, this brings a tear to my eyes seeing these disabled people regain autonomy and feel like a person again.

As much as I like regaining autonomy, we should hold back those tears until a patient's implant outlasts a product cycle. I can't find the article to link to, but there's an ongoing issue with tech companies producing assistive devices or prosthetics and obsoleting them when the company pivots, gets bought or goes under.

Corporate cyborg parts are an already-predicted nightmare, already taking place, unfolding in slow motion, and soon it will breach the sanctity of human thought.

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