I Visited a Secret Brain Implant Company and Got a Glimpse of Our Cyborg Future
https://www.pcmag.com/articles/synchron-hq-visit-brain-computer-interfaces
I Visited a Secret Brain Implant Company and Got a Glimpse of Our Cyborg Future
https://www.pcmag.com/articles/synchron-hq-visit-brain-computer-interfaces
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The CEO of Synchron (Neuralink competitor) expects brain implants to be available for everyone by the 2040s, and to cost $40-50,000. Apple and Nvidia are investing in brain implant tech now, and with AI it could become more powerful.
“Oxley says that may be too much power for a tech company, though he expects the “free market” will correct for this. If people aren’t comfortable with BCIs, they won’t get them. In the meantime, we should heed warnings from “algorithms like TikTok that can [make us addicted] with devices that are outside of the brain,” he says. “If you’re inside the brain at a subconscious level, and have algorithms preying on human vulnerabilities, then you have a recipe for human subversion and subjugation.”
Real or hype?
At that price range of 40-50k this would be out of reach for the average person, at least in the United States. It is also unlikely that insurance would cover this technology.