Elon Musk's Neuralink implants brain chip in first human
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Spikes are activity by neurons, which the National Institute of Health describes as cells that use electrical and chemical signals to send information around the brain and to the body. In September, Neuralink said it received approval for recruitment for the human trial. The study uses a robot to surgically place a brain-computer interface (BCI) implant in a region of the brain that controls the intention to move, Neuralink said previously, adding that its initial goal is to enable people to control a computer cursor or keyboard using their thoughts alone.
      • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 months ago

        I don’t understand owning a computer that you don’t fully control but using prosthetics that can be remotely disabled? This is why we need true open source GPL brain implants.

        • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          This isn’t a prosthetic that was remotely disabled, this is failing hardware that doesn’t have support from the original company which is in the process of going bankrupt.

          I get where you’re coming from, and agree. Prosthesis and health devices should absolutely not be remotely controllable by a company. But you can’t really help a company shutting down.

          And I highly doubt there are any open source implants which help sure blindness that are ready for prime time.

          • learningduck@programming.devEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            But still, if the technology is open, then someone may design some compatible replacement hardware. Imagine some makers community rig a replacement for the blind without carrying about profitability.

            • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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              9 months ago

              That’s one aspect, absolutely.

              The other side of that coin though, is if you really want random people tinkering with things directly attached to your body, without having a proper way to test beforehand?

              These types of devices need to go through testing before they reach human trials for a reason. While I’m happy to trust security of data and even control of my while home to FOSS communities, I honestly don’t know that I’d trust anonymous individuals online with no skin in the game with my literal body.

              • learningduck@programming.devEnglish
                1·
                9 months ago

                Yeah, that’s a legitimate concern, but letting this technology die along with a dying company is a waste. Imagine it getting brought by some patent trolls who wouldn’t do anything with it.

        • where_am_i@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          11·
          9 months ago

          I’m daily driving Linux. And, frankly, for my eye implant, I’ll probably buy from apple.

          I mean, no, I will buy something else, jailbreak foss it, will have to patch it while being blind from an update, and proudly tell everyone no friggin government will be able to backdoor my eye. But oh boy I’ll wish I bought one from apple, cuz those guys never go blind from updates.

    • Willie@kbin.social
      1·
      9 months ago

      What happens if your brain implant is like a phone, and stops getting updates after 2 or so years? That’d suck really bad.

  • electric_nan@lemmy.mlEnglish
    41·
    9 months ago

    Can’t wait to have a stroke because someone put a cryptomining virus on my brainchip.

    • Nora@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      There is no we. This country is run by capitalist sociopaths.

  • Kokesh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    I hope he himself has it in him. Based on his progressing psychosis it is in his head for some time now.

  • AnonTwo@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    Didn’t the animal tests lead to pretty bad deaths? And wasn’t that less than a year ago? I can’t imagine this going well.

    Plus there was the blind-tech that was revealed not too long ago where now that they’re bankrupt the group is slowly going blind and worse. I feel like none of this is going to end well.

  • smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    Install this proprietary app from Google Play or App Store on your Google Android or Apple iPhone certified device to access your stored memories.

  • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
    11·
    9 months ago

    Musk wants to turn the planet into the same mindless drone he is himself.

  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
    01·
    9 months ago

    at least the billionaire sub moron believed in his product enough to go down with it.

    does this coward have the guts to use his own crap?

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      If he hasn’t gotten an implant when it moves beyond solving medical problems to being a consumer device that an everyday person would be able to buy, that’d be really telling.

      But until then that’s not how it works. They need approval to do trials on very specific things, such as working with quadriplegics.

      We’re probably decades away from non trials for only medical purposes.