• M500@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    37
    ·
    1 year ago

    Outside of having some debilitating problem that can only be fixed with a microchip in my brain; I’m opting out.

    But if I was blind and it allowed me to see, sign me up.

    • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      18
      ·
      1 year ago

      Even then, I wouldn’t want it to have any functionality to update the code it runs once it’s implanted. And I’d want that code to be incredibly well tested and verified alongside the hardware. No bugs beforehand means no reason to update it later.

      • Lemongrab@lemmy.one
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        1 year ago

        No bugs is a hard thing to accomplish, especially for an immerging technology (eg 0-day vulnerability)

          • gregoryw3@lemmy.ml
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            1 year ago

            Not sure that counts? This was unfortunately due to a completely untested system, designed by one guy way over his head (ethically should have reported this to some governing body), and a company who lied about the non existent testing. This wasn’t just a singular bug but an entire failure throughout.

            • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              3
              ·
              1 year ago

              Yet, afterwards, the code running medical devices has been subject to the same standards that we set for tools themselves. The code embedded in a life support machine can’t fail.

              I think you also proved my point anyway, the problem was a system set up such that testing wasn’t done. Not that the testing itself wasn’t possible. It’s just expensive. So companies won’t do it unless they’re forced too by regulation.

              • gregoryw3@lemmy.ml
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                2
                ·
                1 year ago

                Ohhh, yeah. I have no idea why back then code wasn’t seen for what it is. I’ve been told by older people that back then the idea that if it compiles it’s fine, was ok… or something along those lines. I think today we even still of a ton of those issues due to every framework and language being so different, lacking standardization.

                Throughout every thing I’ve ever learned, the biggest realization I’ve had was that without forcing policies, companies will do whatever is necessary to line their pockets.

        • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          I was actually discussing this with my girlfriend and we were thinking of a system where it can be give you a two-factor authentication code via thought. That way you can use that to unlock it for updating the firmware.

    • CoderKat@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      1 year ago

      I’m hearing impaired and would love if some brain implant could fix me. I already almost have this, with a cochlear implant (it’s not technically in the brain, but it is an implant in my head). It’s not enough for me, though, cause my hearing still sucks.

      • Deepus@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        Oh, I i thought the cochlear implants made it like being able to hear normally, is that not the case?

        • CoderKat@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          1 year ago

          They can and I had hoped they were gonna for me. But my problem must be heavily neurological. The cochlear implant did help some, I’m a far cry from normal hearing (I especially struggle with accents, low tones, and when sounds overlap).

    • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      My vision’s been going since my forties, and since the notion of cyber-eyes in the 80s I’ve imagined one day getting some nice Canons or Nikons and being able to read at a KM.

      But we don’t have the kind of tech support now we did then, and instead get connected to some chatbot with a small troubleshooting tree. Also current brain interfaces might kill me or worse leave me alive and impaired.