Elon Musk’s Neuralink device would be life-changing for some, but it's hard to see how it will transform society, says Tyler Cowen for Bloomberg Opinion.
received approval recently from the United States Food and Drug Administration to conduct human clinical trials, which one former FDA official called “really a big deal".
I do not think that this scenario is likely. If I were offered US$100 million for a permanent brain-computer connection, I would not accept it, if only because of fear of side effects and possible neurological damage. And I would want to know for sure that the nexus of control goes from me to the computer, not vice versa.
I also view this scenario as remote - unlike using your brain to manipulate objects, it seems true science fiction. Current technologies read brain signals but do not control them.Commentary: MRI scans and AI could read what we’re thinking. The implications are terrifyingAnother vision for this technology is that the owners of computers will want to “rent out” the powers of human brains, much the way companies rent out space today in the cloud.
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