Transhumanist, futurist and popularizer of science Danila Medvedev says that at the current stage of scientific development, inserting a chip into the brain will not bring any benefit. This technology is not sufficient for telepathy, but there are other developments for normal effects in the brain. stated He is talking to Hayat.
Neuralink, previously owned by entrepreneur Elon Musk, was launched for the first time in history. I had an implant to the human brain. The operation on the first volunteer was successful, and tests of the device showed promising results. However, Medvedev believes that so far this procedure will not have any extraordinary effect.
“Scientists are at the very beginning of their journey when they try to explain what thinking is, how humans think, how humans invent something. Although psychology seems to have existed since the first half of the 20th century… And without this, implanting a chip in a person is useless and meaningless,” said the transhumanist. “Yes, we’ll be able to send some noise in there, some signals, but overall we won’t be able to encode anything into that signal in a way that conveys a thought or something else.”
The futurologist added that the chip could be used to stimulate the brain, but this task could also be accomplished using transcranial magnetic stimulation without any implants. However, he generally supported Elon Musk’s project and stated that such a chip could help scientists find answers to questions about the thought process.
Let us remind you that in the State Duma take into accountHe said that Musk’s experiment could be dangerous and that despite people’s great interest in this issue, they would approach it with skepticism in Russia. MPs think that Russians will not dare to have implants inserted into their brains because they would want to learn more about the procedure first.
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