Yeah, people have said that they thought I'd love the idea of a brain implanted computer so I could do cool hacker shit or VR.
Like, noooooo that'd be like the Matrix run by the upper management suites of Boeing and Microsoft.
"Yeah we're sorry hackers broke in and stole all your childhood memories but we couldn't apply any security updates because the QA team had to be fired after the last one left them all barking like dogs and pissing on trees, . Don't worry, we'll fix it in BrainOS 9.8. You'll need to pay for that updated but we're now offering a choice between our premium $1500/mo subscription model or new ads-in-your-dreams model for $600/mo"
if past me ever heard a billionaire say this, he'd probably believe it was an onion article, because it sounds too out there and complete bullshit, but now less so since I've actually heard of the technology.
I was always soooo very hopeful and excited about a future where we're linked to our computers and the internet through chips in our brains. I did not realize back then just how poorly the future would turn out, where companies like Facebook and Elongated Muskrat would be the ones pushing that link. They'll likely spy on your thoughts, push ads straight to your brain, and require a subscription. If you forget to pay your subscription then you wake up blind or paralyzed until your subscription is reactivated. What a sad future we've found ourselves in. All of the dystopia, none of the toys.
Off topic but I think he suggest this term himself after joking about scandal named with a "gate" at the back of something. I just call him Melon Husk.
Elon keeps picking companies that give big government grants. Space, electric vehicles, medical, infrastructure. Twitter is like the only company I don't see getting direct government handouts.
He made his money from duping the people who give out our tax dollars.
Takes too much energy to shoot anything into the sun. Mars is easier and there is no coming back either. Or submarines to the grave of the titanic. That is even more economic.
The very idea of connecting neruons to electronics is an old science fiction dream/nightmare. I doubt it has any use in reality.
We already have several very effective ways of influencing the brain through ordinary sensory inputs.
There's no reason to invent a new input for the brain.