>>12070242>I think Elon believes this will move beyond any notion of "therapy"Yes, that's true, but you can't get there without first proving you have a viable treatment plan for existing conditions. That's their proximate goal.
>the "personalized profiles" I was talking about would be for pinpointing language and thought processing centersI see, but then there's the problem that the more abstract the concepts become, but less localized they are. You can decode with some degree of accuracy what word a person is thinking using fMRI, but the relevant encoding features are macroscale patterns across cubic decimeters of neural tissue rather than neatly localized and non-overlapping.
> Also, would gold or silicone electrodes prevent glial scarring?Probably not, the same happens with platinum DBS electrodes and ECoG grids. Last I checked the current state of the art is making the electrodes secrete neurotrophic factors, so that they're sought out by neurons rather than encased by glia.
>>12070249>What you're questioning is basic questions that anyone in the industry knows about.I don't doubt that they know about these problems, even if in public they're not acknowledging them. You on the other hand are pretending as if these problems can be solved simply by engineering, which is fundamentally wrong.
>They've demoed a prototype product that is implanted(claimed) live in a pig brain and it has (supposedly) been there for few months without issuesWithout *health* issues, according to them. They haven't talked about the glia problem at all, and their electrode design is inherently susceptible to it, as all current invasive systems are.
>the device can be augmented via software with all sorts of upgrades as time moves forwardYou're missing the point.
