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The Race to Control Our Brains is Heating Up

2025-07-21 Science & Technology
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To try everything Brilliant has to offer for free for a full 30 days, visit https://brilliant.org/coldfusion or scan the QR code onscreen—or you can click on the link in the description. You’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. Connecting the human brain to a computer has been the stuff of science fiction for decades but now it's becoming a reality. Brain computer interfaces have been making large strides over the last couple of years. Neuralink has been joined by a host of other companies, some promising superior technology. In the episode, we explore the state of the art. Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XPrIqlXSCYy8eWG-4Cq5Q37rYd2VzdXInTuVqMf6xVE/edit?usp=drivesdk Watch or listen to ColdFusion on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1YEwCKoRz8fEDqheXB6UJ1 ColdFusion Music: https://www.youtube.com/@ColdFusionmusic http://burnwater.bandcamp.com Get my book: http://bit.ly/NewThinkingbook ColdFusion Socials: https://discord.gg/coldfusion https://facebook.com/ColdFusionTV https://twitter.com/ColdFusion_TV https://instagram.com/coldfusiontv Created by: Dagogo Altraide Producers: Tawsif Akkas, Dagogo Altraide Writers: Julia Masselos, Dagogo Altraide

Top Comments (10)

@StormXF3 2025-07-21

inb4 our brains get unskippable ads every 2 minutes

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@danielh248 2025-07-21

This reminds me of the Black Mirror episode where they introduced a subscription fee, and if you didn't pay, the user would randomly say ads.

1.8k 32 replies
@Valfaun 2025-07-21

bruh, imagine getting a brain implant that restores your vision but then the company decides to switch to a monthly subscription model and holds your brain for ransom

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@faiqalishah1713 2025-07-21

"Can you come out of your house,sir?" "Why" "We've noticed you've been thinking about things you shouldn't"

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@carlosrincon6017 2025-07-22

From a purely marketing standpoint, I might suggest Blackrock Neurotech to change their name ASAP.

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@CrisStan 2025-07-21

*_It was such a relief when he said that Blackrock Neurotech was not the same as Blackrock the global investment management company..._*

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@dji76ehdi 2025-07-22

Remember: if it CAN be abused it WILL be abused.

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@RoboterBoboter 2025-07-22

In the future I'll be a robophobic anti-implants old man yelling at anyone who will listen about how back in my day there was the ability to enable ad-block and how we didn't have to pay to see in 4k

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@beelze_ripz 2025-07-22

Tech companies can't even run a decent website. No thank you

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@OcteractSG 2025-07-24

"The FDA has things under control" is a terrifying statement.

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