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A comment on AI-controlled brain implants for mood disorders tested in people.

Re:AI-controlled brain implants for mood disorders tested in... by aptwebapps on Thursday November 23, 2017 @11:29PM (#15769403)
Reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminal_Man
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Re:AI-controlled brain implants for mood disorders tested in... by YouAreGreat on Friday November 24, 2017 @05:35AM (#15770429)
Also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deepness_in_the_Sky

> when a person began failing or slowing at a set task ... they were able to reverse it

Vernor Vinge anticipated this treatment and called it "focus".

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Re:AI-controlled brain implants for mood disorders tested in... by aluhut on Friday November 24, 2017 @03:22PM (#15772812)
It reminds me of the The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin (2nd book of the Three Body Problem trilogy) where one of the wallfacers came up with a chip to overcome defeatism in the troops (the Mental Seal).

Scary but fascinating how fast future approaches.

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