Video Shows First Neuralink Patient Playing Mario Kart With His Mind

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Video Shows First Neuralink Patient Playing Mario Kart With His Mind
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This is fantastic, but I am extremely worried about it being in the control of Elon Musk.

You should be much more worried about the propensity for in-brain devices to cause life threatening infections no matter whose hands it's in.

How would it be any different than a knee or a hip replacement when it comes to infections?

Because the blood-brain barrier makes your body far less effective in responding to infection of the breath.

Much higher rates (4-13% of implants) and much more severe consequences (more impactful on overall health and less innate ability for immune response).