'It became me': Studies show that revolutionary new brain chips may bend your mind in strange and troubling ways

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'It became me': Studies show that revolutionary new brain chips may bend your mind in strange and troubling ways

https://www.businessinsider.com/brain-chips-elon-musk-neuralink-change-personality-behavior-computer-tech-2023-2

 

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For now BCIs are constrained to the medical domain, but a vast array of nonmedical uses have been proposed for the technology. Research published in 2018 described participants using BCIs to interface with numerous apps on an Android tablet, including typing, messaging, and searching the web just by imagining relevant movements. More speculative applications include playing video games, manipulating virtual reality, or even receiving data inputs like text messages or videos directly, bypassing the need for a monitor. These may sound like science fiction, but the reality is that we've reached a point where the cultural and ethical barriers to this kind of tech have begun to outpace technical ones. And despite the fictional nature of "The Terminal Man," its disastrous turn raises real questions about unintentional effects of BCIs.

 

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