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85% of Neuralink implant wires are already detached, says patient (www.popsci.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Espiritdescali to c/futurology

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[–] AIhasUse@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The guy with the chip in his head talks about this exact thing in the podcast I linked. He said that they did not detach, they just shifted locations. For a little while, his brain mouse was less responsive, but after the update, it is now better than it ever was. He said a lot more, but I don't remember everything. It was really interesting listening to him talk about it. It is nothing like how the article makes it sound. There are no little detached wires floating around inside his brain or anything.

I recommend listening to his interview, it is maybe halfway through the episode if you want to skip ahead. He is absolutely thrilled with the experience so far and said he was absolutely willing to go back in for surgery, but there was no need to.

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Neuralink blog itself said they detached.

https://neuralink.com/blog/prime-study-progress-update-user-experience/

Neuralink boosted the ones that were still attached with the software update.

[–] AIhasUse@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If you saw that on their blog, then they must have changed their blog post because the word "detached" doesn't appear in the link tou shared, or in any of the blog posts on their website.

It would be understandable if they changed it, though, to clarify, because when people hear "detached," they are thinking that part of the device is free-floating in his brain, but that's not what happened. It is just that the electrodes on the device became lined up with slightly different neurons, but they were still receiving signals and were still attached to the central hub of the device.

Edit: typo