Skeptics already see a big problem with Neuralink

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A few weeks after the first patient was implanted, about half of the threads that penetrated the brain were squeezed out into the outer shell and thus turned off. The developers recalibrated the system and said that everything was fine, but it was a worrying fact.

And the main question is: where is the money? You namibia whatsapp phone number need to understand: the market for tetraplegic controllers is ridiculously small for giants like Neuralink. It can’t be the main market, because more than $300 million has already been invested in the project — this is a record investment in the entire history of biocurrent research.

The tetraplegic controller is a great entry into the market and a reason to get FDA certification in a short time. However, the real goals of the implant development have not yet been announced.

I see the market for BCI as a personal data market. That's why Musk wants to capture raw data: it's not enough for them to understand how a person wants to control a computer. They want to know if they're hungry, what their emotional state is, if they're ready to shop or watch a movie. Or, for example, how they reacted to Trump's statement about building a wall on the border with Canada.

On the topic. Neuralink showed how a patient with a brain implant plays chess "with the power of thought"



Conclusions
The technical difficulties of brain-computer interfaces will not be resolved anytime soon. Despite many deaths during research on monkeys, experiments on humans are allowed. The chip's operation is not transparent. Years of testing and certification lie ahead.
Personal data about the user of the implanted chip will be easy to analyze due to the lack of protection. The issue of cyber threats and risks to the brain in the event of cyber attacks on a person with an implanted chip has not been resolved.
The medical markets for which BCI technology is relevant are not growing and their volume is small, which is why investors will not be able to recoup their investments by working only with tetraplegic patients. The development companies will have to justify the hundreds of millions of dollars already invested and expand into other markets.
Neuralink has already indicated that it is going to analyze data related not only to computer control, but also emotions and people's moods. All these are opportunities for broad analytics of consumer behavior and use for advertising purposes. Then the chip can be used not as a controller, but as an assistant in a more mass consumer segment.