I was excited for Neuralink, then I watched the demo
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I was excited for Neuralink, then I watched the demo
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Re: I was excited for Neuralink, then I watched the demo
#2The "tech demo" was less than impressive. 3 pigs all acting normal, one (supposedly) had the implant and then had it removed, one (supposedly) had the implant and made a lot of beeping sounds, and one was, well, just a normal pig.
Re: I was excited for Neuralink, then I watched the demo
#3The "tech demo" was less than impressive. 3 pigs all acting normal, one (supposedly) had the implant and then had it removed, one (supposedly) had the implant and made a lot of beeping sounds, and one was, well, just a normal pig.
Interestingly, all the neurologists and bioengineers I know were very excited by the demo.
Re: I was excited for Neuralink, then I watched the demo
#4These various networked computer components being attached to our bodies make me very nervous. See: hackers control pacemaker shock cycles with malware. [1]
Software will always be vulnerable and it’s just a matter of time until someone gets eliminated by this vector - or worse, think about a wormable exploit aimed at mass adopted Neuralinks to mass fry people..
[1] https://www.wired.com/story/pacemaker-hack-malware-black-hat...
Re: I was excited for Neuralink, then I watched the demo
#5The "tech demo" was less than impressive. 3 pigs all acting normal, one (supposedly) had the implant and then had it removed, one (supposedly) had the implant and made a lot of beeping sounds, and one was, well, just a normal pig.
Interestingly, all the neurologists and bioengineers I know were very excited by the demo.
Did they have dollar signs in their eyes?
Re: I was excited for Neuralink, then I watched the demo
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Re: I was excited for Neuralink, then I watched the demo
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interestingly, all the neurologists and bioengineers I know were very excited by the demo.
Did they have dollar signs in their eyes?
We're from a country where research or medical work is not really well rewarded and you think of it as a sort of charity, so no, no dollars and no Czech crowns too. They're excited that a man was able to do that within just a few years, while the sensory capabilities are not new (we used to have a lot less channels, though), the extreme miniaturization, the surgery procedure and the development speed are very exciting.
Re: I was excited for Neuralink, then I watched the demo
#8one feature i dont understand about neuralink is the promised transmission of thoughts.
lets say i have a device that can encode activity of every neuron in my brain simultaneously. i think some variation of the thought "elephant," and the neuralink creates some digital representation of these signals.
then i send that digital encoding to your brain's neuralink.
how on earth are you going to think of ANY elephant, let alone my elephant? the structural nature of our brains is certainly different, the network of activated neurons aren't isomorphic, certainly not identical, right?
i am by no means an expert, but i dont see how you can ever take a digital signal and turn it into a conscious meat thought.
motor signals seem somewhat more tractable
Re: I was excited for Neuralink, then I watched the demo
#9> Elon Musk preys on the hopeful and optimistic
Yes but he also launches rockets into fucking space; that is to say, he may be selling snake oil, but he’s also selling legitimate magic beans.
Re: I was excited for Neuralink, then I watched the demo
#10The "tech demo" was less than impressive. 3 pigs all acting normal, one (supposedly) had the implant and then had it removed, one (supposedly) had the implant and made a lot of beeping sounds, and one was, well, just a normal pig.
Interestingly, all the neurologists and bioengineers I know were very excited by the demo.
As in, medical doctors who have done brain surgery? Or random dudes who like to inject RFID chips into their hand to pay for coffee