• Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    7
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    8 months ago

    A blind/paralyzed person might feel a bit differently about that. Healthy people getting brain implants for fun is quite far in the future. That is not the intended usecase for Neuralink at this time.

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      16
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      8 months ago

      blind/paralyzed person might feel a bit differently about that.

      Yeah, because they’re forced into that position due to circumstance.

      Which is exactly why able-bodied people should be free to criticise this model and call for open source alternatives.

      To protect people that have been rendered incapable of protecting themselves.