Will we get brain-computer interfaces by 2037?

[Obsessed With Gaming]

Will we get brain-computer interfaces by 2037 such as Neuralink or those which augment human abilities?

[Endy0816]

They have basic forms of it now. What all are you interested in using it for?

[et pet]

2 hours ago, Endy0816 said:

They have basic forms of it now. What all are you interested in using it for?

   With a name like "Obsessed With Gaming", I'm guessing the interest is not for using a BCI to figure the Square Root of Sodium Chloride...

[Endy0816]

2 hours ago, et pet said:

   With a name like "Obsessed With Gaming", I'm guessing the interest is not for using a BCI to figure the Square Root of Sodium Chloride...

Probably true lol.

Trying to make sure OP is not expecting something crazy out there.

[Sensei]

If computer will be connected directly to the brain, and sending detailful data indistinguishable from the real world, you won't be able to tell if you're playing or living at given moment.

ps. Maybe you are already? How can you tell?

 

2 hours ago, et pet said:

With a name like "Obsessed With Gaming"

During playing human learns and have pleasure. Learning should not be boring and painful. People should not hate learning. Playing game which teaches you something is very convenient and effective way of gathering knowledge.

[DrP]

10 hours ago, Obsessed With Gaming said:

Will we get brain-computer interfaces by 2037

Why 2037? Seems very specific.

10 hours ago, Endy0816 said:

They have basic forms of it now.

The keyboard and monitor?

[Endy0816]

4 hours ago, DrP said:

The keyboard and monitor?

 

A computer can interpret your thoughts/intent to a degree now.

Primarily done at present for paralyzed individuals to allow them to control a cursor or to type. Robotic limb use(any physical device really) and Machine Aided Telepathy are additional applications possible.

There's various issues we still need to work out. We're not good at inputting information for example, though that could lead to the potential problem Sensei mentions. The brain can also leak information, like passwords, even without the user being conscious of the fact. Challenges on the hardware side to interface with the neurons as well. There's around 100 billion, they're squishy and behind a skull. Less invasive techniques means less data output to work with.

 

 

[dimreepr]

22 minutes ago, Endy0816 said:

and Machine Aided Telepathy are additional applications possible.

It's not telepathy though is it? Unless you think a book is telepathic.

22 minutes ago, Endy0816 said:

There's various issues we still need to work out.

Indeed, we're currently at a similar stage to nuclear fusion, it's twenty years away.

Edited June 27, 2019 by dimreepr

[Endy0816]

2 minutes ago, dimreepr said:

It's not telepathy though is it, unless you think a book is telepathic.

 

Not the fantasy sort of telepathy, no. Machine Aided. A computer interprets your output and then inputs it in some fashion to another brain or brains.

Be incredible for working together if perfected. Teams could access everyone's experience and perceptions.

[Prometheus]

I thought this was a pretty good review of the state of BCIs, even though it's five years old. Has a section on gaming too.

[dimreepr]

22 minutes ago, Prometheus said:

I thought this was a pretty good review of the state of BCIs, even though it's five years old.

Indeed, but we still seem to be twenty years away.

There's a vast difference between a general output and a specific thought.

[Endy0816]

8 hours ago, dimreepr said:

Indeed, we're currently at a similar stage to nuclear fusion, it's twenty years away.

We were 20 years away, now we're 20 years further along.

Don't believe hype but we are making progress. One brain safe chip at a time.