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Video Shows First Neuralink Patient Playing Mario Kart With His Mind (futurism.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 74 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What they shown so far does not sound impressive. There is a twitch streamer that uses EEG device ans translates signals to button presses. She has beaten elden ring with that. From "achievement" point of view what they have shown here is not that special

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It’s still very impressive. The EEG she uses only reads general thoughts: e.g. thinking about pushing a boulder. She can only really do specific actions with that: there’s no level of analog control (how much should this move), it’s just a single action (fire a fireball). The brain chip is likely much higher fidelity and therefore can read much finer signals. All the credit goes to the researchers, of course, who’ve spent the last decade researching and fine tuning this technology.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The brain chip is likely much higher fidelity and therefore can read much finer signals

Then they should be doing a demonstration that shows that. I don't think Mario Kart generally requires fine tuned signals.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Mario card definitely not but maybe this cursor moving exercise does

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We've had EEG cursors for decades. That shit isn't impressive either.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

On/off isn’t the same as being able to control the input incrementally.

EEG and neurolink are two different techs accomplishing quite different goals in the end,

[–] [email protected] -4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

There's literally nothing about EEG that forces binary detection. Stop shilling for your slaver

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

Than why doesn’t the tech exist yet…?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago

Except it isn't.