The owner of Neuralink announced that he had transplanted some of his devices into a human, without giving more technical details than the subject’s survival
The article discusses the power and privacy of our thoughts and how technology could threaten the latter. It mentions the development of brain-machine devices by Elon Musk that could allow people to type with their mind, and the concern that this may compromise the privacy and identity of the user. In addition, the proposal of the director of the Spanish Data Protection Agency to include neurorights, which protect identity, free will and mental privacy, in legislation to protect young people from the negative impacts of technology is discussed. The author argues that we should regulate these devices as doctors, limiting their use to beneficial contexts and prohibiting them in those that could be harmful.