• madame_gaymes@programming.dev
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    1 month ago

    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.

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        I get where you’re coming from, but being paraplegic doesn’t make Musk and Newell any less driven by money. Maybe Newell will surprise me and make it open source, which would help me see it as an actual philanthropic venture.

        If society was headed towards Star Trek I’d be less apprehensive, but as it is we’re in for an even more bleak version of 1984 somehow.

      • Angry_Autist (he/him)@lemmy.world
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        Why? Then I’d just be a technologically dependent parapalegic who’s brain is now subject to malware and EULA changes.

        No thanks

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            Shit, you’re right. I was just using what engineering gave me, but yours tested much better with the focus groups. Let me know if you ever want to transfer from QA to Marketing, you got a real future here 👈😉👈

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        Good news! They can already do this!

        The only existing direct interfaces I know of are cochlear implants. You’d have to pair them with something that can play an ad, like a phone with Spotify, but they can deliver it directly through the auditory nerve to the cochlear nucleus of the brain stem.

        What a time to be alive!

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      It is completely out of the question to trust any modern technology company with something like a brain interface.