Bridger Pennington explores whether brain chips could boost productivity tenfold. Most people would only adopt the technology during a crisis or for a massive payoff like becoming a billionaire. Both speakers are cautiously optimistic but skeptical about when the tech will actually work and catch on.
The people that first get it should have a massive advantage.
Your productivity would improve, I don't know, dramatically, maybe by a factor of 10. When do you think you're gonna do it?
How long will you wait?
Um, like once it starts becoming available? Yeah, I mean, if it works, I'll do it. Sure. Right away? I mean, let's make sure it works.
I mean, you'd have to do some strong convincing. Like, I don't know, it's gotta be a crisis or a re— like a big reason why I need a chip in my brain. I think most people would agree with that. I think it's a long ways out to actually do that. Unless there's people that are like, they have a chip in their brain, they become billionaires all of a sudden. I guess you would maybe be inclined like, oh, maybe I'll put a chip in my brain, I'll become a billionaire 'cause I can be so smart or whatever. I don't know, it'd be a long road for me to do something like that.