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In a loosely sense, this is also a very old technology but refined. There are some fotages of monkeys able to brain control a prothetic arm back in 2008 on Yout

by ofou 6y ago

In a loosely sense, this is also a very old technology but refined. There are some fotages of monkeys able to brain control a prothetic arm back in 2008 on Youtube. [1] So, what they're currently doing is just an update on steroids from old science. It will remain a mistery to me if they'll be able to crack some basic science about consciousness as Hodak pointed out. The side effect while developing this tech will produce improvement of countless lives. That is highly doable, no doubts about that. [1]: https://youtu.be/sm2d0w87wQE?t=49 https://youtu.be/sm2d0w87wQE?t=49

Balgair 6y ago
Not only can you have animals control stuff, but you can control the animals with just thoughts too: https://www.cnet.com/news/scientists-connect-a-human-brain-and-rat-cyborg-brain-together/ https://www.cnet.com/news/scientists-connect-a-human-brain-a... Intercontinental control via human-brain to rat-brain happened in 2016: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0060410 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... Heck, you can buy a controller kit for roaches right now, marketed for the kiddos: https://backyardbrains.com/products/roboroach https://backyardbrains.com/products/roboroach If you'd like, you can also hook your brain up to the cockroach : https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0150667 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
kelnos 6y ago
This kind of control is nothing compared to what Neuralink has set out to do. Also note that all of these existing brain control devices are incredibly fatiguing. You get minutes of use before you just can't do it anymore. That's light years away from embedding an AI in someone's brain. Their goal isn't steroids on old science, it's all the steroids in the entire world, plus all the cocaine in the entire world, plus all the caffeine in the entire world... and then some. Also not sure how 12 years old is considered "old technology", when we're comparing this to SpaceX, that has been improving on tech originally developed in the 1960s.

by ofou 6y ago

Balgair 6y ago

Not only can you have animals control stuff, but you can control the animals with just thoughts too: https://www.cnet.com/news/scientists-connect-a-human-brain-and-rat-cyborg-brain-together/ https://www.cnet.com/news/scientists-connect-a-human-brain-a... Intercontinental control via human-brain to rat-brain happened in 2016: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0060410 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... Heck, you can buy a controller kit for roaches right now, marketed for the kiddos: https://backyardbrains.com/products/roboroach https://backyardbrains.com/products/roboroach If you'd like, you can also hook your brain up to the cockroach : https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0150667 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...

kelnos 6y ago

This kind of control is nothing compared to what Neuralink has set out to do. Also note that all of these existing brain control devices are incredibly fatiguing. You get minutes of use before you just can't do it anymore. That's light years away from embedding an AI in someone's brain. Their goal isn't steroids on old science, it's all the steroids in the entire world, plus all the cocaine in the entire world, plus all the caffeine in the entire world... and then some. Also not sure how 12 years old is considered "old technology", when we're comparing this to SpaceX, that has been improving on tech originally developed in the 1960s.