This seems like side effect heaven. Even ignoring the potential hacking of brains, this will likely have horrific side effects that probably will kill some people.
This is a terrible development for a number of reasons.
Lets assume the best case scenario and Elon is mega based.
You will own the neuralinks and have 100% control over them and it's output.
That's fine, everyone will want one and the cost will gradually reduce.
You won't be able to exist in society without one. Just like if you don't have an email address you would be physically unable to apply for 99.99% of jobs today.
Elon will eventually die and Neuralink will pass to new owners who will gradually change Neuralink from a based company to a globohomo company that can now automatically update your brain and everyone will take the "free" model because no-one will be able to partake in society without one.
Uncle Ted was right.
It doesn't matter what Elon's intentions are because he will eventually die and be replaced with someone with worse intentions.
In an optimistic scenario, a neuralink empowers the individual in the extreme. Coding projects that would be untenable now could become common place. Projects like rewriting the neuralink firmware by yourself.
Even that will eventually be curtailed as you'll enter a standardized environment, like iphones and the app store. If you don't have a standard iphone, nothing will accept it.
Running "normal" and jailbroken software on your own brain is very risky.
What, you don't use Jailbreak while you're on a Run, chummer? Running with a corp like a soykaffed wageslave might be more comfortable short-term, but it's a good way to get Geeked.
I'm actually fine with cybernetics and having machine replacement for limbs and even organs full on Adam Jensen but control on limbs and direct access to my brain, nah that's a hard pass.
Even if you have entire compliance teams auditing this kind of stuff, with technology like this you can hide things in plain sight if you're clever enough and that's precisely what will happen.
I predict this is the beginning of Harrison Bergeron in real life.
These will be used as human shock collars to stamp out any resistance to the regime. The neuralinks will only give benefits to humans as long as the humans benefit the regime.
There will be side effects, and then a dependency on drugs to counter those side effects. Drugs that will only be available from the government with a good enough social credit score.
There will of course be a black market, because there is always a black market. There will be a resistance, but it will be small and largely ineffective. Eventually, the system will collapse under its own weight, but not before doing incalculable damage to humanity.
The first gens will be the good, superhuman stuff, before it gets nerfed and regulated. The first gen stuff will also be the worst side effects.
Soon.... Deus Ex Human Revolution then, which is why when I played that game, I didn't get the newer chip.
This seems like side effect heaven. Even ignoring the potential hacking of brains, this will likely have horrific side effects that probably will kill some people.
This is a terrible development for a number of reasons.
Lets assume the best case scenario and Elon is mega based.
You will own the neuralinks and have 100% control over them and it's output.
That's fine, everyone will want one and the cost will gradually reduce.
You won't be able to exist in society without one. Just like if you don't have an email address you would be physically unable to apply for 99.99% of jobs today.
Elon will eventually die and Neuralink will pass to new owners who will gradually change Neuralink from a based company to a globohomo company that can now automatically update your brain and everyone will take the "free" model because no-one will be able to partake in society without one.
Uncle Ted was right.
It doesn't matter what Elon's intentions are because he will eventually die and be replaced with someone with worse intentions.
Post-industrial society and its future is a terrifying reality.
In an optimistic scenario, a neuralink empowers the individual in the extreme. Coding projects that would be untenable now could become common place. Projects like rewriting the neuralink firmware by yourself.
Even that will eventually be curtailed as you'll enter a standardized environment, like iphones and the app store. If you don't have a standard iphone, nothing will accept it. Running "normal" and jailbroken software on your own brain is very risky.
What, you don't use Jailbreak while you're on a Run, chummer? Running with a corp like a soykaffed wageslave might be more comfortable short-term, but it's a good way to get Geeked.
Why do I feel they'll end up like this?
I'm actually fine with cybernetics and having machine replacement for limbs and even organs full on Adam Jensen but control on limbs and direct access to my brain, nah that's a hard pass.
Even if you have entire compliance teams auditing this kind of stuff, with technology like this you can hide things in plain sight if you're clever enough and that's precisely what will happen.
"It was not me, it was... the algorythm!"
that movie worth watch?
It's the better Venom, the main actor REALLY sells the control being taken from his body.
That's how long confidence games work.
First, the con man has to earn/win your trust ... only then can he slowly start putting the screws to his intended victim(s).
I predict this is the beginning of Harrison Bergeron in real life.
These will be used as human shock collars to stamp out any resistance to the regime. The neuralinks will only give benefits to humans as long as the humans benefit the regime.
There will be side effects, and then a dependency on drugs to counter those side effects. Drugs that will only be available from the government with a good enough social credit score.
There will of course be a black market, because there is always a black market. There will be a resistance, but it will be small and largely ineffective. Eventually, the system will collapse under its own weight, but not before doing incalculable damage to humanity.
If this takes off it will make slaves of us all
Call me when it allows for cross-species communication.