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Neuralink 'Participant 1' says his life has changed

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Re: Neuralink 'Participant 1' says his life has changed

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Post by drdaeman »

mritterhoff wrote: post #18
SilverElfin wrote: post #15

Neuralink is amazing technology and watching videos of participants who have completely different abilities and freedom with Neuralink implants is mind blowing. It’s sad that many want to dismiss these amazing achievements just because it’s an Elon Musk founded company. At some point you simply have to acknowledge his success (and his team’s), and hope they get further with all of this. For those interested in their…

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I'm not sure whenever it's a good idea to cheer for lack of life-changing technical progress just because it's ran by a company governed by an ethically problematic person. The person is temporary, the progress is permanent.

Re: Neuralink 'Participant 1' says his life has changed

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Post by downrightmike »

explodes wrote: post #3

This tech is incredible but it will be very divisive. Leadership of the current leading company notwithstanding, novel implants such as pacemakers have also undergone a stage of social caution that I would very much expect to surface for brain-interface devices as well, if not more fervently due to an increasing mistrust in technology's utility in our lives. I am personally hopeful for this technology. I know it will…

It killed the vast majority of animals used for testing. Two would probably yield that result for you

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Post by hn_acc1 »

femiagbabiaka wrote: post #8

Have there been any reviews by independent experts? This reads like a promo piece, in particular I'm not sure why the fluff bits about Musk "being a regular guy" are relevant. Most of the linked sources are either other Fortune puff pieces or Neuralink press releases.

Probably necessary PR in order to avoid being cut off. Or just gratuitously inserted by the device into the wearer's decoded thoughts/output.

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Post by BriggyDwiggs42 »

SilverElfin wrote: post #15

Neuralink is amazing technology and watching videos of participants who have completely different abilities and freedom with Neuralink implants is mind blowing. It’s sad that many want to dismiss these amazing achievements just because it’s an Elon Musk founded company. At some point you simply have to acknowledge his success (and his team’s), and hope they get further with all of this. For those interested in their…

Neuralink is super cool actually great medical tech, and elon comes in -in this article- blabbing about optimus robots or whatever as usual. I hope elon continues to get neuralink lots of money so that they can do useful things.

Re: Neuralink 'Participant 1' says his life has changed

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Post by y-curious »

micromacrofoot wrote: post #19
kevinpet wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reviews by independent experts about the quality of this guy's life? I think he can be considered an authority on that subject.

so are people who claim placebos and homeopathy improved their conditions, we are not reliable on an individual level

You are right when it comes to qualia, but wholly incorrect in this case. There are measurable metrics in his life (ie independent use of computers, social engagements etc.)

It's not like he's having to rate his level of happiness here, these are physical benefits

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Post by jstummbillig »

didibus wrote: post #21
kevinpet wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reviews by independent experts about the quality of this guy's life? I think he can be considered an authority on that subject.

I think a bit of skepticism is warranted here. Patient number 1 isn't some random guy getting the procedure and recounting it's benefits. But someone self-selected and willing from day 1, massively engaged with the company, likely paid or compensated, getting a lot of promotion, visibility and attention, etc. It's possible a lot of the QOL improvements are from the circumstances of getting all that attention, or the…

Let's be clear about what is a good subject for review and what is not. One person's opinion about how they feel is not. It can be a good subject for further inquiry, though: learn more about their experiences and consider critically whether those experiences generalize to others.

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Post by germinalphrase »

xg15 wrote: post #13
explodes wrote: post #3

This tech is incredible but it will be very divisive. Leadership of the current leading company notwithstanding, novel implants such as pacemakers have also undergone a stage of social caution that I would very much expect to surface for brain-interface devices as well, if not more fervently due to an increasing mistrust in technology's utility in our lives. I am personally hopeful for this technology. I know it will…

Divisive is an understatement. If this tech could be made to work flawlessly, it would be the gate to all the SciFi cyborg stuff, including body enhancements, "telepathy", etc. Also, as a "side effect", it would open a path to fully immersive VR, as in Matrix, Snow Crash, Neuromancer, etc - with all the upsides and downsides of those scenarios. All that "just" from hooking up motor and sensor neurons. And then people…

The dystopian downside is significant. It is not difficult to come up with half a dozen horrific outcomes of this technology.
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