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Musk claims one of the goals of this stuff is to make humans smarter (by adding compute power to your brain) in order to outsmart AI systems. I have a couple of problems with that.
 
1. The brain implant may eliminate the I/O bandwidth problem of a human brain (you no longer have to type or read) but it doesn't increase your intelligence. This means that if an AI is sufficiently smart, it's going to outsmart you anyway, because it never had an I/O bottleneck in the first place and is also smarter.
 
2. Having a brain-computer interface could make it easier for an AI to mess with humans, because it can now interact with them directly through their brain, rather than having to rely on some physical phenomenon which would require the AI to make use of extra hardware.
 
IMO this being an AI defence is BS. We may want to focus on not making a hazardous superintelligence, rather than trying to build systems to outsmart one (which will fail given the superintelligence will be smarter)

Hegelian Dialect. Its a solution looking for a problem.
 
We could actually try to control and prevent an AI apocalypse (elon is doing open AI anyways).
 
Additionally what few people have said about the runaway AI or AI in general (which is the argument for the use of neuralink) is "Why Bother?"
If it makes us more successful but less happy, why do it?
Self defeating technology makes no sense.
 
Medical use only, at best.
 
This is the matrix en writ but worse because its wireless. Once its in, you can't unplug.
Ban it or heavily regulate it.
 
Income disparity is the least of our worries because there are other technologies that can accelerate income that people can use. Anyone who is willing to put in the time can learn.
 
Also evictions are currently banned legislatively so housing isn't the problem as much anymore.... So as long as you have a pc and access to wifi and youtube, you can pick up any skill and that is right now.

We haven't fully explored human potential from a psychological and spiritual standpoint.
So its lazy to just think you can plug in a chip and be good to go.
 
Also, potential for abuse is unthinkable.
 
Elon is not your savior. Cars, Solar panels, renewable energy, and space travel? 1000000x awesome.
This? No.
 
No one is coming to save you. YOU save you by choosing to and cooperating with others.

Hegelian Dialect. Its a solution looking for a problem.
 
We could actually try to control and prevent an AI apocalypse (elon is doing open AI anyways).
 
Additionally what few people have said about the runaway AI or AI in general (which is the argument for the use of neuralink) is "Why Bother?"
If it makes us more successful but less happy, why do it?
Self defeating technology makes no sense.
 
Medical use only, at best.
 
This is the matrix en writ but worse because its wireless. Once its in, you can't unplug.
Ban it or heavily regulate it.
 
Income disparity is the least of our worries because there are other technologies that can accelerate income that people can use. Anyone who is willing to put in the time can learn.
 
Also evictions are currently banned legislatively so housing isn't the problem as much anymore.... So as long as you have a pc and access to wifi and youtube, you can pick up any skill and that is right now.

We haven't fully explored human potential from a psychological and spiritual standpoint.
So its lazy to just think you can plug in a chip and be good to go.
 
Also, potential for abuse is unthinkable.
 
Elon is not your savior. Cars, Solar panels, renewable energy, and space travel? 1000000x awesome.
This? No.
 
No one is coming to save you. YOU save you by choosing to and cooperating with others.

Why does Elon even want this to happen? This technology is really getting out of proportion. I cannot imagine about the consequences.

This sounds kinda scary to be honest.