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Your issue, as far as I understood it, was that the brain implants are pointless, cause they do nothing we can't already do. There's plenty current medical technology can't fix, but a brain implant could (one day). Such as restoring sight by bridging cameras to the visual cortex; or restoring control over their body to disabled people, either by bypassing damaged nerves anywhere in the body or connecting prosthetics to the motor cortex. Are those things worth the trouble of going through brain surgery?
You're vastly overestimating what Musk has...
Drastically underestimating what it would take to get that stuff...
All while ignoring that what Musk is attempting to do, has essentially already been done.
Musk just wants to shrink it down a little, while claiming he invented it.
But considering he can't even get the brain surgery done, why would you trust his product?
Like, don't do it right after eating. But read up on his "studies". They're following no scientific procedure and basically trying random shit while torturing intelligent animals to death.
And this isn't a rant against animal testing, thats a thing that sucks but we need it. But Musk is not at the point for it yet, and from what records they do keep of the experiments, it legitimately looks like they're not trying.
They're not even sterilizing the surgery equipment.
You have zero idea what youre defending.
Which is true of most people defending musks companies in any field.
You just believe his claims and accept them despite zero evidence or it ever working in the past.
Why are you bringing up Musk? I fail to see how Neuralink is the killing blow to the very concept of brain-computer interfaces. Your bias is showing.
It's true that current BCIs can't do what I outlined as their potential benefits. Hence, why they're potential. The technology still needs to develop before those potential benefits can be realised. Personally, I look forward to that day.