This kind of thing is really held back by BCI tech.

By now, we have smartphones with camera systems that beat human eyes, and SoCs powerful enough to perform whatever image processing you want them to, in real time.

But our best neural interfaces have the throughput close to that of a dial-up modem, and questionable longevity. Other technological blockers advanced in leaps and bounds, but SOTA on BCI today is not that far away from 20 years ago. Because medicine is where innovation goes to die.

It's why I'm excited for the new generation of BCIs like Neuralink. For now, they're mostly replicating the old capabilities, but with better fundamentals. But once the fundamentals - interface longevity, ease of installation, ease of adaptation - are there? We might actually get more capable, more scalable BCIs.

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SiempreViernes 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Because medicine is where "move fast and break things" means people immediately die.

Fixed the typo for you.

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ACCount37 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Not moving fast and not breaking things means people die slowly and excruciatingly. Because the solutions for their medical issues were not developed in time.

Inaction has a price, you know.

	▲	omnicognate 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It has a price for the person with the condition. For the person developing the cure it does not (except perhaps opportunity cost, money not made that could have been), whereas killing their patients can have an extremely high one.

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arcanemachiner 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

To anyone wondering:

BCI == Brain-computer interface

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain–computer_interface

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Lapsa 7 hours ago | parent [-]

mind reading technology has already arrived. radiomyography & neural networks deciphering EEGs

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ACCount37 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Not really. Non-invasive interfaces don't have the resolution. Can't make an omelet without cracking open a few skulls.

	▲	Lapsa 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		they do read my mind at least to some extent -> "The paper concludes that it is possible to detect changes in the thickness and the properties of the muscle solely by evaluating the reflection coefficient of an antenna structure." https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6711930