Jesus Christ, the focus on working a job in that title 😞
If you cant work, we will invent solutions!
Work must continue
To me this title reads more like a capitalistic celebration of potential labor from an otherwise un-exploitable workforce, instead of a celebration of a major breakthrough in giving some semblance of dignity and autonomy to a person who was robbed of it by this terrible affliction.
Yeah, this is fucked up but also neat? I mean, now social security can deny someone with something as debilitating as ALS and tell him to get an implant and go to work??? 😳
Yeah, the presentation is a tad dystopian.
Still an eminently cool breakthrough, though I’ve read that BCI’s are hackable and that notion sounds pretty scary.
So brainrotten, is not an efficient use of acquiring new labour. Work can give people a sense of purpose, this guys job is climate activism so im sure he feels very happy to be able to go back to work.
Agreed! A better title would be:
AI and brain-computer interface allow speechless ALS patient to speak with 92% accuracy in daily use
Or like the other comment mentioned, could now for the first communicate with His daughter and family.
for real! this should be about how we are on the precipice of letting people with debilitating conditions enjoy their lives and spend time with people they care about instead of immediately saying “just think of the implications for shareholder value!”
Matrix, here we come.
Peak capitalism. The Matrix would be proud
They’re just looking forward to employees that physically can’t leave.
Too soon, bro, TOO. SOON!
“We told people with a debilitating speech condition to get off the government dole and work a fucking job”
I’m sure that patient is happy to find something to do that adds to the general pool of “things we do”.
I also hope that they also say “fuck this”, retire, and do art full time if its their jam.
Yes, screw the working part, but anything else they get from it that they want to pursue I’m all for it. And sure, if they want to do some sort of work, that’s fine, but they shouldn’t have to.
I wonder if he can use slurs.
They can only use slurs that refer to people with their condition, like cr**ple.
New slave market discovered.
Hell yeah. Next, they can get a cut of every dollar made! Or a subscription service with strict usage limits and add-ons to re-enable disabled functionality. It’s one or the other.
The lab has built its own software platform for operating BCI devices known as Brain-computer interface for Rapidly Adaptive Neural Decoding (BRAND, which Brandman told us was coincidentally named), which UCD postdoctoral fellow Nick Card built machine learning algorithms for.
Aah… So not LLMs. Makes sense.
Also to the reporter who decided to focus on ‘full time job’ in the title. You focused on 5 hours of work instead of the fact that the patient can now interact with his daughter, who never heard him speak, and also he is able to have conversations with his friends and family. Please be more human.
Editor, not reporter. There’s a total disconnect between the content of the article and the title.
I choose death
Proprietary tech with no existing laws telling the companies they have to keep supporting it, all so I can make a rich person richer? Where do I sign up?
So many cynical comments about him being able to work and capitalism. If I was in his position I would be super happy to be able to contribute to the household income instead of feeling like a burden. Sure being able to work isn’t the only thing to be happy for but carrying your own weight must feel great
[CAPITALISM INTENSIFIES]
So now you can’t even be paralyzed in peace
