[elil17]

The technology of brain links is well established. Many people have received surgeries that allow them control things (e.g. robot arms) and feel things (e.g. force feedback on said robot arms). However, these systems require a ton of training and feedback to use. It’s not clear how someone could learn to use the system if they can’t talk. And once you have a chip in someone’s brain, they’re never getting an MRI again.

Neurallink is a fantasy in terms of form factor, ease of use, and that specific teams ability to make something like this. The underlying technology exists but probably isn’t going to be ready for an application like this.

[elif]

In the article, they mention that these patients can understand verbal commands being given to them. It is also non-trivial to communicate with apes, as they have successfully demonstrated on neuralink.

Even using the basics of left arm and right arm broadly you can establish communication by using dichotomous questioning.