Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are devices that interface with the brain to enable interaction with the environment. BCIs have the potential to improve the quality of life for many individuals affected by debilitating disorders of the brain, spine, limbs, and sensory organs through direct interfac …
I don’t think the understanding of the human brain is really good enough to engineer a properly functional one.
And I suspect that any companies touting they have such a device are ether overstating how effective what they have is, or outright lying about the capabilities.
If we did have enough understanding to engineer a device, I suspect it would be possible to fix such issues without grafting in electronics.
Anything beyond publicly funded research smells of grift to me.
We don’t need to completely understand both sides as long as one of them can adapt. The brain can adapt to an incredible of amount of crazy shit. And that’s why this is extra dangerous.
I don’t think the understanding of the human brain is really good enough to engineer a properly functional one.
And I suspect that any companies touting they have such a device are ether overstating how effective what they have is, or outright lying about the capabilities.
If we did have enough understanding to engineer a device, I suspect it would be possible to fix such issues without grafting in electronics.
Anything beyond publicly funded research smells of grift to me.
We don’t need to completely understand both sides as long as one of them can adapt. The brain can adapt to an incredible of amount of crazy shit. And that’s why this is extra dangerous.
Exactly, we don’t know how the brain would adapt to having electric impulses wired right in to it, and it could adapt in some seriously negative ways.
How come, considering we need electronics for something like a pacemaker?