The chip embedded in his brain gives him unique abilities to play video games
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Neuralink’s first patient is very difficult to beat in a video game thanks to his brain implant. The device embedded in his brain allows him to move and react much faster than a normal human. “Basically I have an aimbot in my head,” she said in a recent interview, making a simile between automatic aiming bots and his device. He has even indicated that possibly In the future, exclusive leagues will be created for people with brain implants.
Your reactions are much faster
Noland Arbaugh is the first person in the world to receive a Neuralink implant. He is a 29-year-old young man who became a quadriplegic at 21 due to an accident. After eight years, he was implanted with a brain chip from Neuralink, a company run by Elon Musk. Through this you can control computers with the mindjust thinking about doing it.
In an interview on Joe Rogan’s podcast, he explained how he plays and his particularities. He pointed out that being able to control a game with just his mind gives him extraordinary abilities, being able to surpass “normal” players, who use their hands to control the controller.
“I basically have an aimbot in my head” he claimed. An aimbot is a type of bot that is used in video games to automatically target opponents, so the players who use it do not have to aim at them using the controls, but the game itself does it on its own.
We often use this term to refer to shooters, where the aimbot locks on to the enemy quickly. However, the truth is that Arbaugh play more titles like Mario Kart or Civilization VI because, as he indicates, Call of Duty-style shooters are still “far from Neuralink’s reach” in this point.
As to why is it so goodit’s all about the ability to react. You don’t have to think about how to move in the video game and give the order to your hand so that it performs the movement more or less precisely, the controls move and, finally, the movement is executed. In your case you simply have to think about what to do and this will be reflected on the screen, because it sends the signal from the implant connected to your brain.
Such is his advantage that he says it is not fair for him to compete against people without implants. “They’ll probably create different leagues for people like me, because it’s not fair” Indian.
Your implant can be hacked
The interview lasts approximately an hour and a half and gives rise to very relevant statements. One of them is Confirmation that the brain chip is hackable.
“People ask me if this thing [refiriéndose al chip] “It can be hacked, and my short answer is yes,” he said. “However, at this point hacking it It wouldn’t be of much use. Maybe what you would get is control my screen cursor and make me see weird things” he specified. Despite this, he has made it clear that the chip has changed his life for the better.
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