By Carlos Winston | January 28, 2020
The owner of Tesla and several other companies, including Neuralink, want to implant computer chips into people’s brains.
Without a doubt, Life is starting to sound like a Netflix “Black Mirror” episode more often.
While Elon Musk runs Tesla, The Boring Company, and OpenAI, he had been working on another ambitious and somewhat extreme company. The overall goal here is to allow people to control electronic devices without having to lift a finger, literally.
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I mean, if I could turn on my lights or tv by just thinking about it, that would be somewhat cool, but at that point, should I be worried if the WiFi or power goes down? That’s somewhat of a joke, but in all seriousness, how far can people honestly go before the technology becomes vital to the common person?
A majority of the intended use cases are meant to aid those who have brain-related injuries or disabilities. For example, those who are paralyzed would have an easier time interacting with the world around them. After the technology develops a bit more, Elon plans to use his computer to brain interfaces to combat the dangers of AI.
“He’s building technology that will allow humans to access more of their brain functions. And he’s doing this through his Neuralink company, which is dedicated to developing interfaces between brains and machines.
Musk says his technology will be ready for implants within a year. The immediate target market is people who have become paralyzed.” [Forbes [2]]
With that being said, I would like to say that I am a tad bit concerned, to say the least. The average person has enough trouble keeping viruses off their computer and phones. How will the public deal with the extra stress of having to keep their brain out of harm’s way from hackers? Yea, that’s a weird way to think about it, but believe it or not, this is becoming a reality. Even now, people in Sweden and Wisconsin are beginning to micro implant chips in their bodies [3] for convenience and security.
Science fiction is creeping into the realm of science fact and moving with a purpose. I believe that as time goes on and new cutting edge technologies become available, fewer and fewer people will jump to use products with high invasive potential.
It has become commonplace for companies to spy and invade privacy for targeted advertisements. Something like this is pretty scary, even for someone like me; I love new tech. But I don’t like the amount of danger to consider in a worst-case scenario.
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Put anything inside someone’s brain and it will give you schizophrenia. Fear that the government wants to put chips into people’s brains has been a schizophrenic symptom for decades.
Got to hand it to the guy. He has money and has no intention of making more. He’s truly trying to further science without the fiscal motivations. Very rare nowadays.
However, the man also thinks that there will be a colony mars and that people actually want electric cars. I wouldn’t put too much stock in it.
This piece originally appeared on WayneDupree.com [5] and is used by permission.
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