Hooking up brains to machines could be the ‘next big thing’ for gaming
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Free software is a good enough requirement for read-only devices, but I would never use a read-write device that was not also formally verified. This is one of those things where "move fast and break things" means that your customers will break you.
It sounds both incredibly interesting and a little frightening. I'd hate to think of the kinds of metrics that might be applied to professional programmers.
Mobile devices, for example, would become much more useful.
the kinds of metrics that might be applied
This takes the conceptual hazard to another level.
The way it goes down, in order to habituate a mob is to wait for a generation to grow up, having no memory of ever living another way.
Then the real exploitation begins.
So, as with environmental pollution, it's not really our problem, but 20 or 30 years from now? Forget it. Those lives are already ruined.
But I don’t believe that Elon Musk’s Neuralink will ever offer anything of value to a non-disabled person. I only hope that in their attempts they create better interfaces for disabled people. Perhaps even get people waking again. For people who can already walk and use a mobile phone I doubt a brain implant will be much use. It’s hard to beat eyes and ears for getting information in.