We are excited to share that we have received the FDA’s approval to launch our first-in-human clinical study!This is the result of incredible work by the Neuralink team in close collaboration with the FDA and represents an important first step that will one day allow our…— Neuralink (@neuralink) May 25, 2023
Imagine allowing a private corporation to implant a proprietary technology in your soul-jello.
Roasting puts it in perspective I think. Imagine knowing how much heat computer chips put out, and still thinking shoving one in someone's brain is a good idea.
Imagine knowing how much heat computer chips put out, and still thinking shoving one in someone’s brain is a good idea.
Not many think about that part (myself included), and you're absolutely right, but King Bazinga doesn't care because he wants the cyberpunkerinos to come true because the blue curtains were that epic.
That is the only thing Neuralink has accomplished that other firms didn't do decades ago - they've managed to apply more probes per square inch, which would theoretically allow for more fine grained control. But they're sloppy, so they kill their monkeys, and their implant can't do anything that wasn't explored ten or twenty years ago.
Roasting puts it in perspective I think. Imagine knowing how much heat computer chips put out, and still thinking shoving one in someone's brain is a good idea.
Not many think about that part (myself included), and you're absolutely right, but King Bazinga doesn't care because he wants the cyberpunkerinos to come true because the blue curtains were that epic.
:soypoint-1: :no-mouth-must-scream: :soypoint-2:
It's one of the major limiting factors on brain implants right now. Heat management at that tiny scale is a serious problem.
That is the only thing Neuralink has accomplished that other firms didn't do decades ago - they've managed to apply more probes per square inch, which would theoretically allow for more fine grained control. But they're sloppy, so they kill their monkeys, and their implant can't do anything that wasn't explored ten or twenty years ago.