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Valve CEO Gabe Newell’s Neuralink competitor is expecting its first brain chip this year
(www.theverge.com)
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Might change your tune if you're paraplegic
Definitely. People need to understand this tech isn't for the average person, but there are still a lot of people that would definitely benefit from it. If you told someone scientists are researching drilling machines to your bone you'd get similar WTF responses, but that's how modern limb replacement works.
I don't see limb replacements this way at all, but typically limb replacements also do not rely on 3rd party services that might disappear at any time and are almost purely mechanical.
My brother lost his left arm, and what he is getting is controlled entirely by the nub with no outside influence or implanted microchips.
This is part of what frustrates me so much about these brain chips. They feel far too much like a solution in search of a problem when we have so many other non-invasive options for interface between the body and "cybernetics", even if we're looking for things "at the speed of thought".