Hey there Cmdrs.
A few days ago, Elon Musk's company Neuralink held a presentation.
They showed some pigs that had recieved a head implant that connected via a multiplexed set of fine electrodes into the brain's cortex. You can see some of it in the video below:
Because of the small size, the connection is mostly to the motor control and the sensory strip near the middle of the top of the brain.
The deep blue and red zones here in a human brain. At the moment, it is Read-Only, AFAIK.
This is by no means the only thing going on regarding such a device.
There is a hippocampal prosthetic being developed by Theodore Berger, since the early 2000's. Been following that with great interest.
In 2018, it migrated from test animals to humans. This device helps the hippocampus to recover function, primarily memory indexing function.
The hippocampus is a paired thing found here under the temples:
Neuralink electrodes cannot reach it at the moment.
Device implantation is in competition with another modality.
TransCranial Magnetic stimulation directly switches on areas or switches them off, by magnetic induction fields.
Maybe you know someone who has had this kind of treatment. It seems helpful for depressive illness.
We are really at the very beginning of this. I'm sure that's obvious to all.
As the research progresses, we not only learn to make better interventions, but discover more about how our brains work in the natural setting.
That kind of insight into ourselves is invaluable.
Horrifyingly, Facebook is interested in this research. And they have enormous resources to invest.
From my point of view this presents a long term threat to us. To our identities as individuals within a species that has had zero time to evolve or adapt to the speed of the coming change.
How do you feel about this stuff?
As Elite players, some use VR setups that bypass the normal world input to immerse our brains into the game.
Immersing the "game" into our brains is something I am not ready for.
A few days ago, Elon Musk's company Neuralink held a presentation.
They showed some pigs that had recieved a head implant that connected via a multiplexed set of fine electrodes into the brain's cortex. You can see some of it in the video below:
Because of the small size, the connection is mostly to the motor control and the sensory strip near the middle of the top of the brain.
The deep blue and red zones here in a human brain. At the moment, it is Read-Only, AFAIK.
This is by no means the only thing going on regarding such a device.
There is a hippocampal prosthetic being developed by Theodore Berger, since the early 2000's. Been following that with great interest.
In 2018, it migrated from test animals to humans. This device helps the hippocampus to recover function, primarily memory indexing function.
The hippocampus is a paired thing found here under the temples:
Device implantation is in competition with another modality.
TransCranial Magnetic stimulation directly switches on areas or switches them off, by magnetic induction fields.
Maybe you know someone who has had this kind of treatment. It seems helpful for depressive illness.
We are really at the very beginning of this. I'm sure that's obvious to all.
As the research progresses, we not only learn to make better interventions, but discover more about how our brains work in the natural setting.
That kind of insight into ourselves is invaluable.
Horrifyingly, Facebook is interested in this research. And they have enormous resources to invest.
From my point of view this presents a long term threat to us. To our identities as individuals within a species that has had zero time to evolve or adapt to the speed of the coming change.
How do you feel about this stuff?
As Elite players, some use VR setups that bypass the normal world input to immerse our brains into the game.
Immersing the "game" into our brains is something I am not ready for.
