It sounds like things are going well for this guy and that is great and all, but how much would we honestly expect to hear if it wasn't going well?

Given how eager people are to pounce on negative news about anything Elon Musk-related, I expect we would be hearing way, way more about this if it wasn't going well. "Elon Musk's Neuralink Damages a Man's Brain!" and "Elon Musk's Neuralink Fails!" Headlines and such from every rooftop.

Patient 2: "unresponsive"

Two years later

Patient 27: "unresponsive"

Patient 28: "Guys! We've got a live one here!"

It let him control a mouse with his brain, which is actually great since he's a quadriplegic. Getting it if you aren't fully paralyzed would be stupid.

loool, we need to team up with schools and warn the kids of the danger that civ poses to their health and their future

I would be a lot more impressed if the brain implant had given him the willpower to walk away and go to bed

Just one more turn AAAANNND it's dawn!

Even if the chip never went obsolete, the scar tissue build up around implanted brain devices interferes with signal over time and they need to be replaced.

Also, each installation/replacement has a few percentage point chance of leading to a life threatening infection.

Unless both those issues are solved, irrespective of obsolescence this is only the sort of thing that makes sense for patients who feel that their life is effectively over without it and have low risk thresholds for treatment options.

Ever seen Johnny Mnemonic? He had a whole 80gb storage in his brain and upgraded it to 160gb. Future proof. He'd almost be able to install a modern AAA title!

This tech is extremely experimental and nowhere near ready to market as a consumer device that a regular person can purchase, so a lot of those questions don't really have answers.

The story of "Second Sight" and the folks that depended on them is pretty sad. I hope there's some kind of backup plan in case the company goes under, gets acquired, or decides to abandon existing technology. Like placing the key tech in a trust of sorts.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-obsolete

I have played one game of Civ in my life. After spending the better part of a weekend with it, I realized the “one more turn” thing was too addictive for me and decided it was best if I never play the game again.

Or, he's just a liar.

We've been able to do this for years. The difficult part has been making it cheap, reliable and non-invasive. Electrodes in the brain degrade neural tissue and... There's good reason this isn't done on the regular.

Could you imagine if he used his new powers to be toxic in League of Legends instead?

You almost need to pick your victory condition at the start and focus everything on that, and what you can't focus on that win condition you focus on denying the win for someone else, whoever happens to be winning by that point. Generally the same will be over before you get to the modern era.

Religion and war are the sloggiest.