• astral_avocado@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Didn’t the team he put together at least come up with better miniaturization of a BCI, with denser/more numerous electricodes, and a more advanced implantation process to minimize scarring?

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      9 months ago

      You probably won’t be worried about scarring after you die of a brain bleed so that might not be the best selling point.

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        9 months ago

        It’s a current limitation with all BCIs from what I understand, so one hurdle for them is to try to eliminate it from ever forming at all. Not sure where his thing is at, but I guess no one here knows anything about it.

        Elon musk is a fucking moron, but he is paying a team of actual neuroscientists and surgeons to develop this.

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          9 months ago

          Yes you are right, they are trying to improve on what exists. My response was more for the “OMG musk is doing a sci-fi” - recording spikes is not really new or hard.