The scary first step to transhumanism, after of course making most people on the planet genetically engineered organisms via the Covid mRNA vaxxes, is human/AI implants, putting computer chips in the human brain. Elon Musk's Neuralink did such an experiment, and it appears now that the implant has malfunctioned, reducing the number of effective electrodes, and hence the supposed ability of the test subject, a quadriplegic to control a computer cursor with his mind. He was allegedly able to operate a computer, all by thought.
While that seems a wonderful thing for the quadriplegics, these people are few in number, and the enormous funds expended would hardly be justified from the return in helping them. Clearly, the big agenda here is to merge man and machine, and all of these Dr Frankenstein projects get underway with the smoke screen of some emotional appear, such as curing cancer, or saving the children. But these are always minor benefits of a much darker project.
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/first-human-brain-implant-malfunctioned-163608451.html
"The first Neuralink implant in a human malfunctioned after several threads recording neural activity retracted from the brain, the Elon Musk-owned startup revealed Wednesday.
The threads retracted in the weeks following the surgery in late January that placed the Neuralink hardware in 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh's brain, the company said in a blog post.
This reduced the number of effective electrodes and the ability of Arbaugh, a quadriplegic, to control a computer cursor with his brain.
"In response to this change, we modified the recording algorithm to be more sensitive to neural population signals, improved the techniques to translate these signals into cursor movements, and enhanced the user interface," Neuralink said in the blog post.
The company said the adjustments resulted in a "rapid and sustained improvement" in bits-per-second, a measure of speed and accuracy of cursor control, surpassing Arbaugh's initial performance.
While the problem doesn't appear to pose a risk to Arbaugh's safety, Neuralink reportedly floated the idea of removing his implant, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The company has also told the Food and Drug Administration that it believes it has a solution for the issue that occurred with Arbaugh's implant, the Journal reported.
The implant was placed just more than 100 days ago. In the blog post, the company touted Arbaugh's ability to play online computer games, browse the internet, livestream and use other applications "all by controlling a cursor with his mind."