Tesseract
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vanity ain't a factor of the link itself and the intelligence gains would be orders of magnitude beyond the greatest thinkers
hacking and hijacking minds is inevitable and natural
Elon Musk's Neuralink Announcement / Conference Friday Aug 28th
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hacking and hijacking minds is inevitable and natural
Slings and Arrows
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All medical advancements start their lives to help those in need, and then become vanity treatments.
I don't trust the mass population with more intelligence, as I'm concerned that it won't be academic intelligence, but more along the lines of how to be a manipulating weasel.
I like the idea of the tech in theory, but messing with the mind is one area where we, as humans, should just wait until we're ready to dabble.
Tesseract
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it will be what it will be, the frontier is gonna get paved with gross intentions if best foots aren't put forward
better the devil you know in these cases, i share your unease about mass intelligence since there's strange dichotomies between crystal and fluid intelligence at levels where psychopathic behavior is concerned
we're not gonna explore outward with significant reach any time soon (unless periodic digitization advances batteries), our best bet is to continue the deep dive into the mind
Holgren
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This sounds awesome but I share the weariness of the manipulative consequences it may lead. Imagine the Chinese Government with this kind of technology, scary stuff.
I am also curious of the adverse biological consequences. Remember that the nervous system isn't made of endurable material, and this enhancement of cognitive abilites sounds like overclocking your brain. Artificially firing neurons that aren't properly myelinated, for example, could lead to the dead of both cells, ending a pathway. I wouldn't be surprised that long term use of a Neuralink would lead to faster deterioriation of the brain.
Also, if Neuralink is something like an external harddrive where you can store information/memories, does that mean that you would forget all of the memories stored in the external HDD every time you take the Neuralink off? Sounds like a weird concept when we take in mind that memories are the factor behind neural networks consolidating in the brain of an adult. Integrating HDD memories could lead to modifications of these pathways to adapt to the new information. These pathways would end up useless when Neuralink is taken off, making the person even dumber than before they used the machine since it can't store both with and without Neuralink neural networks, what is not used quickly deteriorates.
It would be funny if it leads to a larger development of the cortex. Soon the big brain meme will become real:
I am also curious of the adverse biological consequences. Remember that the nervous system isn't made of endurable material, and this enhancement of cognitive abilites sounds like overclocking your brain. Artificially firing neurons that aren't properly myelinated, for example, could lead to the dead of both cells, ending a pathway. I wouldn't be surprised that long term use of a Neuralink would lead to faster deterioriation of the brain.
Also, if Neuralink is something like an external harddrive where you can store information/memories, does that mean that you would forget all of the memories stored in the external HDD every time you take the Neuralink off? Sounds like a weird concept when we take in mind that memories are the factor behind neural networks consolidating in the brain of an adult. Integrating HDD memories could lead to modifications of these pathways to adapt to the new information. These pathways would end up useless when Neuralink is taken off, making the person even dumber than before they used the machine since it can't store both with and without Neuralink neural networks, what is not used quickly deteriorates.
It would be funny if it leads to a larger development of the cortex. Soon the big brain meme will become real:
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StreetsofBeige
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I'm late to this thread. But holy shit. That video is amazing. Never knew this kind of thing existed.
Insane Metal
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Well no thanks, fuck off.
Slings and Arrows
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Fair points and I agree.
I just don't think we know enough about the brain to dabble.
RoadHazard
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They may announce upcoming human trials.
Elon Musk may announce human trials at the Neuralink demo. Here’s why that’s awesome
I’m reticent to use the phrase “iPhone moment for brain surgery” in the first sentence here, but Elon Musk and the team at Neuralink are set to demonstrate the progress made by the company over the past year this Friday and I’m excited. Firthenextweb.com
"Musk's confirmed the event will feature a live demonstration of neurons firing." -- This is huge.
If you want to get up to speed on Neuralink, I suggest this wonderful but lengthy read that is now only a few years outdated:
Neuralink and the Brain's Magical Future — Wait But Why
I knew the future would be shocking but this is a whole other level.waitbutwhy.com
That is the longest article ever written.
RokkanStoned
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Tesseract
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on the flip side, one must also imagine what the tech could be used for in the right hands
the future is coming whether you want it or want
Not all future actually becomes future, though. New tech doesn't necessarily gets adopted by the masses, and I think this will be an example of that. A limited use in healthcare, sure, but not outside of that.
