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Video Shows First Neuralink Patient Playing Mario Kart With His Mind (futurism.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago (13 children)

Heads-up, there appears to be some astroturfing going around. This is not an impressive demo, I've seen better without brain implants. If anything, I'm more impressed that the test subject hasn't died yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I've seen better without brain implants.

Yes but I can drive a car without brain implants. Doing it with brain implants is the impressive bit.

Really not quite sure what your point is

[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

We've been able to stick an electrode to the outside of your head and pull electrical activity data from your brain without invasive open-skull surgery for a couple decades now. Neuralink hasn't actually accomplished anything new except making this same thing way, way more expensive and way, way more likely to end in death of the patient.