That could be a very good way of torturing dissidents without leaving any physical marks. Beyond anything physical harm could accomplish.
Or controlling crowds of protesters by inducing pain.
Taking it up a notch, reading emotional states could help figure out the general mood of the population, as well as specific subsets or individuals, and either figure out how to make potential dissenters happy (à la Brave New World), or get rid of unsatisfied members of society (1984).
Finally, I think (not sure) I remember Musk talking about one day storing and retrieving memories via such devices. This would allow to pretty much rewrite individual and collective history. Most definitely way beyond our current technology’s capabilities, but way better than whatever Big Brother could ever dream of.
Or controlling crowds of protesters by inducing pain.
Taking it up a notch, reading emotional states could help figure out the general mood of the population, as well as specific subsets or individuals, and either figure out how to make potential dissenters happy (à la Brave New World), or get rid of unsatisfied members of society (1984).
Finally, I think (not sure) I remember Musk talking about one day storing and retrieving memories via such devices. This would allow to pretty much rewrite individual and collective history. Most definitely way beyond our current technology’s capabilities, but way better than whatever Big Brother could ever dream of.