>>11037902Entertainment (20yr):Perhaps some time after the first consumer models, this can become a huge upgrade to VR and AR technology, enabling awesome games, sensory content, and probably some useful apps in that realm, too.
Education (20yr):This may lower some barriers and offer new rich media options, but as all technical innovations have shown, at the core of education remains hard mental work of both the educators and the students. Hold no illusions. The universe is inherently complex and often counter-intuitive; internalizing accurate useful models for it takes time and effort.
Disabled assist (5yr):That is what this is about right now. A huge difference between being able to text even slowly, or see even poorly, and not. Maybe improving prosthetics integration a bit later.
Merger with AI (50yr+):Elon's visionary goal, barely tentatively visible on the horizon. Requires a meaningful general AI to be relevant, and a much better understanding of brain than we have now.
Mind uploading and transcending our physical bodies (100yr+):Strictly in the realm of sci-fi now, so mostly worth discussing in sci-fi subreddits.
Remote robot control (10yr):Possible to a degree now; this technology may make it more useful.
Inequality in society (20yr):This device may become a factor after several consumer model iterations make mind enhancement a huge competitive advantage. Until then, other factors are much more important in this problem.
Brain research (1yr):The greatest immediate benefit. Better understanding of brain operation, disorders; possible hints for brain modeling and machine learning.
