Big Tech Wants Direct Access to Our Brains
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The article discusses the growing interest of Big Tech in neurotechnology and direct brain interfaces, sparking concerns about privacy and control, while commenters weigh the potential benefits and risks of such technology.
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There's good in things, will it be used for good when somebody links their brain to their own super-AI? Probably not, but for medical purposes it makes more than enough sense.
To understand alzheimers, dementia, the good for it all is limitless. Do I want privacy invaded? God no, but we know what it's coming to. With Neuralink and Elon's squad of young-and-upcomings that leave things like xAI keys on git commits, HIPAA data even if protected means nothing if somebody (some random) can just connect in, take it, and then sell it.
For me, and it's just my opinion is that the risks outweigh consumer good, and it's for sure got 'evil super villain hooked to an AI' written all over it.