I was just discussing this topic with a younger generation family member who stated that she believed the younger generations than her generation would readily accept and have this chip inserted, but she would not. I had since learned that disabled people also readily accepted the chip and it appears that they are glad they did.
"18 months after becoming the first human implanted with Elon Musk’s brain chip, Neuralink ‘Participant 1’ Noland Arbaugh says his whole life has changed"
"n layman’s speak, the BCI, or brain-computer interface, allows Arbaugh to control a computer with his mind. As a result, Arbaugh can do things
like play Mario Kart, control his television, and turn his Dyson air purifier on and off without physically moving his fingers or any other part of his body."
"“That is so different than what life was like before…I feel like I’m playing catch-up for eight years of not doing anything—kind of lying around, staring at walls.”"
"Arbaugh enrolled in classes at his community college in Arizona, where he has started taking prerequisites he needs for a degree in neuroscience, and, as he tells
Fortune, he’s working on starting his own business—paid professional speaking engagements and live talks."
"Despite the risks of being the first participant of an experimental clinical trial, Arbaugh says it was an easy decision for him. “I decided that, even if it didn’t work—even if something went terribly wrong—I knew that it would help someone down the road,” Arbaugh says. “And I knew that good or bad, they would learn something and push this technology forward.”"
"Technically I am a cyborg because I have been enhanced by a ‘machine,’ but I still see myself as a regular guy."
"In the summer update meeting Neuralink published publicly, Seo laid out what the company is focused on next. Neuralink is starting a trial in the United Arab Emirates, called Blindsight, that would help restore sight to the blind. Neuralink is already developing robotic arms for participants, and, during the presentation, Musk said that the company wants to give them sensory control to where they could essentially “inhabit an Optimus robot” and control it with their minds, or attach an
Optimus arm or leg to a person to give them full control again of that part of their body.
“The future is going to be weird, but pretty cool,” he said."
"“We’re very cautious with the Neuralinks in humans,” Musk said during the summer update. “That’s the reason we’re not moving faster than we are is because we are taking great care with each individual to make sure we never miss.”"
18 months after becoming the first human implanted with Elon Musk’s brain chip, Neuralink ‘Participant 1’ Noland Arbaugh says his whole life has changed
So my point here is that while having the discussion of who or who would not embrace this technology, I decided then and there that I would get a chip if it could in any way improve my quality of life of which aging may take away.
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