Over my dead body.

Also, this is laughable:

We’re on the cusp of the next major transition, the merger of humans and AI.

These guys don't even have true AI yet, just a text predictor on steroids that frequently hallucinates and gets things wrong.

AI CEO D. Scott Phoenix laid out a vision of a world in which the chipped enjoy so many advantages of the unchipped that you’ll be forced to comply.

I won't even verify my age online. He can shove my advantageous chip right up his ass.

No, I don't think I will

The fuck I will. Unless they change the definition of 'give in' to 'die' then they don't know shit. I don't want them in my PHONE, let alone my FUCKING HEAD. I think about them too much as is.

A report in Politico details a TED talk in Vancouver last month

Oh so it's just rambling musings of some self-important CEO rather than any actual declaration of intent.

There are some good TED talks but a lot of them are just hot air.

Another tech headline, another thing that would have sounded pretty cool 20-30 years ago but today sounds like an absolute nightmare to stay FAR away from. And this one more than most!

The only way I would ever even consider this is if the firmware was open source and the software to interact with it was open source and it had no direct connection to any sort of network at all and required an external device that I could turn off or on to connect to it an external network. Oh, and the hardware would need to be open source as well.

Can't wait for adverts for the ass blaster 9000® to be beamed directly into my frontal lobe without my consent.

We could be granting everyone in the world a high standard of living but instead we're going to charge them to self-induce early onset neurodegenerative disease.

Sorry chooms, I won’t be chippin’ in.

knows you'll give in eventually

No, I bloody will not.

Let me put a chip in my brain that will run software developed by the lowest paid intern using claude 7. I dont trust big corp to update my phone and car, there is zero chance i trust them with my brain.

I won't even get contact lenses, I ain't letting them putting a chip in my brain.

"You'll eventually give in" Tells you everything you need to know about the power of large tech companies in the US .

We have the money and the power to force this technology in to the mainstream. Tech companies know that Congress is way too old, way too corrupt, and way too slow to really do anything about regulating stuff like this in a reasonable time frame. They have no real barriers and the heads of these companies don't give a shit about the user as long as they pay their monthly subscription.

If by "for a while" you mean "until I'm dead" . . then yea, sure. Any other definition . . no chance in hell.

The incredible, sci-fi point-&-click adventure game Technobabylon is about people who chose to install such "wetware" into their brains and people, like the protagonist, who refused it. It's good stuff.

These people need to be stopped. Seriously.

I’ve been evangelising for smart glasses for years. But even if they get the functionality I’ve been hoping for I’m still not going to get them, because i don’t want every woman i meet to think I’m secretly recording her tits

There’s no way I’m letting Elon musk do brain surgery on me to harvest my thoughts

It's not like we don't know the playbook already.

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-recaptcha-play-services-requirement-3664806/

Now you know brain implants will be used as an authentication system, to protect the children, prevent spam, and maybe they'll manage to add something about terrorism in the justification.

The actual article is much more informative than a rando's ramblings.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/05/15/silicon-valley-ai-transhumanism-brain-data-00900799

I wouldn't trust these assholes with a rabid viper let alone my own brain

Lmao cant wait to hear about the unforeseen side effects, like imagine getting a headache every time there's a solar flare or CME

The worst parts of Severance + Pluribus

No I wouldn't trust them with something like that. Too many times they get us hooked on some technology, only to pull the rug later and jack up the prices, or enshittify the service.

Bloody amateur cartoon villains, attempting to do mass mind control…

That's a hell of a faustian bargain, good luck with that.

The choice between the chip and a bullet?

Dont expect everyone to sit idly by for either option.

I’m reminded of the guy I saw who couldn’t get out of the courthouse parking garage because he didn’t have a smartphone to pay for the parking.

I’d still rather break a gate than get an implant.

How anyone could trust them at this point blows my mind, outside of people who need a fucking hail mary like those with neurological disorders.

Idk. I don't know if I'll be able to stop from being a bigot towards people who get chips in their brain. Like I simply do not think I will be capable of holding my tongue. Again, unless the chip is literally the only reason they can live a normal life, those people shouldn't be treated like people.

They WANT that, don't they. Framing like that makes me hate them even more...

GFY!