I get where you’re coming from, but being paraplegic doesn’t make Musk and Newell any less driven by money. Maybe Newell will surprise me and make it open source, which would help me see it as an actual philanthropic venture.
If society was headed towards Star Trek I’d be less apprehensive, but as it is we’re in for an even more bleak version of 1984 somehow.
Tell that to the blind people with cybernetic eye implants that have been discontinued and are now broken. Or people with implanted insulin pumps from now defunct companies.
These are problems that are already occurring with less serious implanted medical technology.
Bingo. Being handicapped in any way doesn’t make you less vulnerable to exploitation or decisions driven by shareholders and money. In a lot of cases, it actually increases the chances from my perspective.
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”.
Not anywhere near to the level he would have with direct nerve interaction. Just because you all don’t understand this or the need doesn’t mean others are as ignorant. Or willing to settle for lessor functionality.
I never said something like direct nerve interaction is terrible or nonexistent. My brother also does not like the idea of having something implanted, and would much rather have a mechanical device that he has a chance to repair himself should anything break. That’s not being ignorant to anything, just pragmatic.
What I did say is not to trust a money-making business to do it right and not leave you high and dry if they go belly-up.
ETA: also, under the USA healthcare system, something like you suggest is unaffordable for a good chunk of people and the VA only approved the mechanical device any way.
Might change your tune if you’re paraplegic
Why? Then I’d just be a technologically dependent parapalegic who’s brain is now subject to malware and EULA changes.
No thanks
I get where you’re coming from, but being paraplegic doesn’t make Musk and Newell any less driven by money. Maybe Newell will surprise me and make it open source, which would help me see it as an actual philanthropic venture.
If society was headed towards Star Trek I’d be less apprehensive, but as it is we’re in for an even more bleak version of 1984 somehow.
Tell that to the blind people with cybernetic eye implants that have been discontinued and are now broken. Or people with implanted insulin pumps from now defunct companies.
These are problems that are already occurring with less serious implanted medical technology.
Bingo. Being handicapped in any way doesn’t make you less vulnerable to exploitation or decisions driven by shareholders and money. In a lot of cases, it actually increases the chances from my perspective.
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”.
Not anywhere near to the level he would have with direct nerve interaction. Just because you all don’t understand this or the need doesn’t mean others are as ignorant. Or willing to settle for lessor functionality.
I never said something like direct nerve interaction is terrible or nonexistent. My brother also does not like the idea of having something implanted, and would much rather have a mechanical device that he has a chance to repair himself should anything break. That’s not being ignorant to anything, just pragmatic.
What I did say is not to trust a money-making business to do it right and not leave you high and dry if they go belly-up.
ETA: also, under the USA healthcare system, something like you suggest is unaffordable for a good chunk of people and the VA only approved the mechanical device any way.
It just should be owned by the people, and not multi-billionaire companies who usenit to extort profit from sick and people with disabilities
That’s completely fair.