▲ 2791 ▼ So, Neuralink got FDA approval for human trials, and a certain fanbase is VERY excited about that (lemmy.ml) submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by abieNathanTheyThem@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 280 comments fedilink hide all child comments Commodification of everything you think off Past/Present/Future. https://fosstodon.org/@jimsalter/110441094176772187
[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 18 points 3 years ago (1 child) Imagine how high stakes it is to avoid bricking your brain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Not your brain but rather a tiny little chip inside your brain, still would be a rather difficult task (that's an understatement) to unbrick or replace it though. Unless they put a debug Port accessible from the outside you would need surgery if you needed to JTAG to unbrick it (probably would need it anyway since if they go this route they probably won't let you access the pins you need to from the outside). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Not your brain but rather a tiny little chip inside your brain, still would be a rather difficult task (that's an understatement) to unbrick or replace it though. Unless they put a debug Port accessible from the outside you would need surgery if you needed to JTAG to unbrick it (probably would need it anyway since if they go this route they probably won't let you access the pins you need to from the outside). permalink fedilink source parent