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Valve CEO Gabe Newell’s Neuralink competitor is expecting its first brain chip this year
(www.theverge.com)
this post was submitted on 25 May 2025
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Something something Half Life 3
But also, fuck no. I would never trust modern software or hardware companies to develop something that is going to be connected to my brain. We can't even trust social media or AI companies not to fuck us up without the physical connection.
Might change your tune if you're paraplegic
Tell that to the blind people with cybernetic eye implants that have been discontinued and are now broken. Or people with implanted insulin pumps from now defunct companies.
These are problems that are already occurring with less serious implanted medical technology.
Bingo. Being handicapped in any way doesn't make you less vulnerable to exploitation or decisions driven by shareholders and money. In a lot of cases, it actually increases the chances from my perspective.