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[-] MickeySwitcherooney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 11 months ago

Nobody fearmongering in this thread seems to have any idea how it works.

A brain chip would connect to a specific region of your brain. For example, in the case of a physical disability it would only need to connect to your motor neurons using read-only connectors.

If you specifically had them implant read/write connections into your visual cortex, then sure, someone could hack it and play ads in your head but that's kind of on you at that point.

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[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

Go easy on your EBE's Go easy on your EBE's

[-] rastilin@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

I'm convinced that the Neuralink is the dumbest idea ever, but I've come to the conclusion that it's better for people to just learn the hard way. Like, it's so obviously stupid that anyone who's still going for it cannot be helped.

[-] darcy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

until it becomes the new mobile phone, and anyone who doesnt have the Chip™ is an outlier. i dont think this is likely, but it is most definitely possible

[-] rastilin@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've thought about it and I've decided that I can live with that. Besides, I don't think it will make it to that level of popularity before "the incident" that shocks everyone and triggers a senate inquiry.

Either there will be horrific side effects or Musk will cut quality or make an 'executive decision' that beams ads into everyone's head. I don't know the final implementation, but I think they won't resist the temptation to make the firmware up-gradable remotely, and once they have that, they won't resist the temptation to meddle.

[-] guiguinofake@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Can't wait for evil megacorporations to sell my toughts

[-] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

What? Why WOULDN'T everybody let the guy whose latest genius idea in a stunning sequence of brilliant business decisions was squeezing every twitter user for money in a service they previously got for free implant hardware into their brain? It'll be just like a tesla: automated driving available next year since like 2010 or so (assuming it doesn't fall apart, run over the elderly or burst into flames) in a hyperloop near you!

[-] qarbone@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Yea, "companies" shouldn't. But I want a computer in my head eventually, so I can be a cyborg.

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