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It's a brain chip. How do you feel about being blind and paralyzed? Or comatose? Or dead? How about never-ending pain or constant bright flashes? What if they g
by crote 1y ago
It's a brain chip. How do you feel about being blind and paralyzed? Or comatose? Or dead? How about never-ending pain or constant bright flashes? What if they go bankrupt, and something happens to the implant?
Brain surgery isn't exactly an industry where "move fast and break things" is an acceptable approach - especially when you are the patient. Considering Neuralink's historical record, going first sounds like a horrible idea to me.
- myhf 1y agoCounterpoint: the main motivation for installing brain chips is to be able to do those things to subordinates.
- snerbles 1y agoIt's important that no one can accidentally sideload misinformation. No different than checking an ID at the airport, really.
- snerbles 1y agoAlso seizures, personality changes and myriad forms of cognitive impairment. The 20 years of US adventures in Iraq & Afghanistan led to many traumatic brain injury cases analyzed by modern medicine, and the chronic symptoms are worse than one might think.
- jdminhbg 1y ago> Considering Neuralink's historical record What historical record? This article is about their first human participant.
- jdiff 1y agoThey had a rocky path to that first human patient, and even the first human participant has had a rocky journey with it, with many electrodes failing soon after implanted.
- BrandoElFollito 1y agoHow do you feel about not having THE sense that defines your whole life? This is a matter of personal choice and weighing risks vs your life as it is. Nobody is forcing anybody to have the chip - my question was about the reasons behind not taking it for someone who is blind, as a matter of curiosity. It is obvious that everyone will react differently. As I mentioned, my wife went for that and it was quite a ride initially. You do not want to be on the witnessing side of such treatments but I respect her choice despite the risks.
- 542354234235 1y agoMy brain defines my whole life. Risking damaging the thing that defines everything I love, hate, have interest in, or remember is a pretty high bar. Blind people live pretty rich, full, independent lives, even if they have to forgo many things the sighted enjoy. I don't know if I would say the same for the severely brain damaged.
- jibal 1y agoVision is not the sense that defines the whole life of a blind person.
- BrandoElFollito 1y agoOf course, this is why I gave the counterexample of the case where it would be.
- jibal 1y agoOf course your statement is false? Strange.
- BrandoElFollito 1y ago@crote wrote > How do you feel about being blind and paralyzed? To what I replied > How do you feel about not having THE sense that defines your whole life? → this meant "how would you fel if you lost THE sense that defines your life, such as loding your sight when you are an artist" (for example). The idea is that what is a disaster depends on people (this is what I meant in This is a matter of personal choice and weighing risks vs your life as it is.). In other words - losing a sense can be so devastating that you can risk much more for the (large, tiny, incalculable?) risjk of losing even more. Everyone is free to decide. Hope this is more clear now