How Hacking Your Brain Is Coming Sooner Than You Think
I just finished reading an article on the Washington Post about how soon people will be able to literally hack their brains. Per the article:
According to Musk, the main barrier to human-machine cooperation is communication bandwidth.
Because using a touch screen or a keyboard is a slow way to communicate with a computer, Musk’s new venture aims to create a “high-bandwidth” link between the brain and machines.
What that system would look like is not entirely clear. Words such as “neural lace” and “neural dust” have been bandied about, but all that has really been revealed is a business model. Neuralink has been registered as a medical research company, and Musk said the firm will produce a product to help people with severe brain injuries within four years.
Elon Musk is stating that within 4 years people will be able to hack their brains. His company Neuralink isn't the only company looking to build this technology. Facebook is also looking into ways for people to be able to type with their brains.
Regina Dugan, hired from Alphabet Inc. last year to oversee the lab, said that within “a few years’ time” Facebook aims to develop a system that can type at 100 words per minute, just from monitoring the brain, without using any kind of implant. The company is working with outside academics on the issue.
My bet is that the elite will bring about this technology in the form of helping people dealing with mental health conditions recover. The powers that be will say that this technology will be used for improving the lives of those living with things like dementia, PTSD, schizophrenia, etc. They've already passed a law in the U.S. that will let the government track people with mental disabilities.
H.R. 4919, which passed 346 to 66 in the lower chamber, also known as Kevin and Avonte’s Law, mandates the U.S. attorney general award grants to law enforcement officials so that those agencies can create, establish and operate “locative tracking technology programs.”
The programs mission would to find “individuals with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, or children with developmental disabilities, such as autism, who have wandered from safe environments.”
Additionally, the bill would also require the attorney general to consult with the secretary of health and human services and other health organizations to come up with best practices for the tracking devices.