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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. Even if it doesn't work for stimulation, this is _HUGE_ for capture. Nobody has c
by m0zg 6y ago
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
Even if it doesn't work for stimulation, this is _HUGE_ for capture. Nobody has captured anywhere near this much data non-destructively before.
- salawat 6y agoIt still isn't clear those will end up non-destructive in the long-term. biological processes surrounding physical brain health are far from fully understood, and it is possible there could be long-term maladaptive outcomes.
- m0zg 6y agoThat's why they're testing on pigs first. But even if this is not viable in humans, this will be HUGE for neuroscience and our understanding of the brain. Because right now our understanding of the brain is limited to a large extent by the inability to capture information from it in realtime, and inability to selectively stimulate it. That neuroscientist quoted upthread should be in awe of these new capabilities. It's like he's working with stick and twine and someone showed him a rocket engine. Instead they just sound like sour grapes - Neuralink is doing something an academic has no ability to do and will never have the ability to do because he's in academia and he can't build surgical robots or microscopic tungsten carbide wires.