Thoughts on Neuralink talk

Advances in Neuralink and similar technologies, AI, and quantum computing – likely in the future.

Many ethical concerns and also potential for allot of value added.

Brain wipes, modification of memories

Mind control, potential for enforced always follows law installed in government officials, cops, judges, and even prisoners – lines of free will potential for blurred. Reasoning might be taken out of the process in non-ideal ways – equal and ideal distribution of laws might be ideal if laws were ideal, definitely potential for some ethical concerns.

We augment minds in similar ways with computers and smart phones now – yet we have the ability to divest instantly if we want.

Thoughts on ways to track children or understand what they are thinking in non-ideal ways – human rights and autonomy.

Potential for commoditized brains at a certain point which is kind of scary – a market to possibly take and freeze brains, or farm for financial endeavors.

Thoughts on deactivated to activated time bombs – no capacity to access thoughts to instant access to thoughts potentially without user’s awareness.

Also potential for accessing levels of human potential never thought possibly, dramatically increasing medical knowledge on not just the brain but all of the human anatomy.

Potential for avatar copies – robot bodies that give low cost to actions – soldiers that can fight until they can’t fight, then grab a new avatar or drone and fight more.

Potential for tailored to certain religions – if user doesn’t follow a particular religion in the way the attached supercomputer or AI sees fit, might inject demons or pain.

Potential for more just trials, more powerful lie detection.

Powerful tech that if used right has potential to be amazing.

Potential for tiered models – where people with more money get a better experience, thoughts of increased ads for low cost models.

Governments will likely get access to the technology, will they use it for good?

Not all tech that is known is readily available knowledge to all – meaning there is potential for some of this to already exist in a more secretive manner.

Might be black market removal – like illegal abortion clinics at some point in the future.