The hardware isn't new, but a UC Davis research team's machine learning-powered method of translating brain activity in an ALS patient into sentences with 92% accuracy is
To me this title reads more like a capitalistic celebration of potential labor from an otherwise un-exploitable workforce, instead of a celebration of a major breakthrough in giving some semblance of dignity and autonomy to a person who was robbed of it by this terrible affliction.
So brainrotten, is not an efficient use of acquiring new labour. Work can give people a sense of purpose, this guys job is climate activism so im sure he feels very happy to be able to go back to work.
for real! this should be about how we are on the precipice of letting people with debilitating conditions enjoy their lives and spend time with people they care about instead of immediately saying “just think of the implications for shareholder value!”
Yeah, this is fucked up but also neat? I mean, now social security can deny someone with something as debilitating as ALS and tell him to get an implant and go to work??? 😳
To me this title reads more like a capitalistic celebration of potential labor from an otherwise un-exploitable workforce, instead of a celebration of a major breakthrough in giving some semblance of dignity and autonomy to a person who was robbed of it by this terrible affliction.
So brainrotten, is not an efficient use of acquiring new labour. Work can give people a sense of purpose, this guys job is climate activism so im sure he feels very happy to be able to go back to work.
Agreed! A better title would be:
Or like the other comment mentioned, could now for the first communicate with His daughter and family.
for real! this should be about how we are on the precipice of letting people with debilitating conditions enjoy their lives and spend time with people they care about instead of immediately saying “just think of the implications for shareholder value!”
Yeah, the presentation is a tad dystopian.
Still an eminently cool breakthrough, though I’ve read that BCI’s are hackable and that notion sounds pretty scary.
Yeah, this is fucked up but also neat? I mean, now social security can deny someone with something as debilitating as ALS and tell him to get an implant and go to work??? 😳