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Go easy on your EBE's
Nobody fearmongering in this thread seems to have any idea how it works.
A brain chip would connect to a specific region of your brain. For example, in the case of a physical disability it would only need to connect to your motor neurons using read-only connectors.
If you specifically had them implant read/write connections into your visual cortex, then sure, someone could hack it and play ads in your head but that's kind of on you at that point.
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I'm convinced that the Neuralink is the dumbest idea ever, but I've come to the conclusion that it's better for people to just learn the hard way. Like, it's so obviously stupid that anyone who's still going for it cannot be helped.
until it becomes the new mobile phone, and anyone who doesnt have the Chip™ is an outlier. i dont think this is likely, but it is most definitely possible
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What? Why WOULDN'T everybody let the guy whose latest genius idea in a stunning sequence of brilliant business decisions was squeezing every twitter user for money in a service they previously got for free implant hardware into their brain? It'll be just like a tesla: automated driving available next year since like 2010 or so (assuming it doesn't fall apart, run over the elderly or burst into flames) in a hyperloop near you!
Can't wait for evil megacorporations to sell my toughts
Yea, "companies" shouldn't. But I want a computer in my head eventually, so I can be a cyborg.