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@seeingwithsound@mas.to
2025-06-10 13:27:16

Pondering how to best prepare for the upcoming onslaught of Neuralink Blindsight brain implant hype/PR after the first blind patient receives one in UAE. Most scientists are open to reason, but they make up a tiny minority under funding stress, while the mass media profit from maximizing hype.
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White paper: Why The vOICe will likely defeat Neuralink Blindsight
Why The vOICe vision BCI for the blind can likely defeat Neuralink Blindsight (and other brain implants for restoring vision)

@seeingwithsound@mas.to
2025-06-09 20:45:48

To ChatGPT: Brain implants in visual cortex such as Neuralink Blindsight cannot directly convey visual textures, shading and smooth surfaces, because simultaneously activating many electrodes above phosphene threshold would cause seizures. Any solutions? chatgpt.com/share/68469685-71c

ChatGPT - Neuralink Visual Limitations
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@seeingwithsound@mas.to
2025-06-02 19:18:46

To Grok: "Why is Neuralink so vague about their Neuralink Blindsight brain implant, describing it as technology to "generate visual perception" - even unpatterned flashes of light qualify as such?" x.com/i/grok/share/vI84HuktzHH …

Why is Neuralink so vague about their Neuralink Blindsight brain implant, describing it as technology to
- Neuralink's vagueness about the Blindsight implant stems from its early development stage, as it has not yet entered clinical trials despite receiving FDA breakthrough device designation in late 2024, per IEEE Spectrum. - The term

@seeingwithsound@mas.to
2025-06-03 12:24:54

Go for a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant, or opt for cheaper and replaceable smart glasses? #BCI

Woman wearing AI-designed smart glasses for The vOICe sensory substitution for the blind.

White paper: Why The vOICe will likely defeat Neuralink Blindsight
Why The vOICe vision BCI for the blind can likely defeat Neuralink Blindsight (and other brain implants for restoring vision)

@seeingwithsound@mas.to
2025-05-27 20:54:45

There's a lovely discussion on Twitter/X between humans and AI models (Grok and Perplexity) on whether a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant can provide meaningful vision to people born blind x.com/waleedd322/status/192746

walid (@waleedd322) on X
@seeingwithsound @MarioNawfal @grok @AskPerplexity @grok @AskPerplexity is he right ?

@seeingwithsound@mas.to
2025-05-26 17:55:40

To Claude: Explain how smart glasses with AI-based scene description, OCR for reading print, and visual-to-auditory sensory substitution for "raw vision" will erode the market opportunities for all implantable visual prostheses (retinal implants and brain implants for restoring vision to the blind).

AI-generated image of a blind woman wearing The vOICe vision BCI glasses, standing in front of a blind man seen from behind with a Neuralink Blindsight bilateral brain implant visible on the backside of his head.