Hello World! My name Nick Wray and I am P8 (Telepath8) in the Neuralink trials! It has been such an honor and privilege to be a pioneer in the world of cybernetic enhancement. Today is day 3 of using the N1 Telepathy chip and I haven’t had this level of digital autonomy in years. The precision and speed of control out of the box has been astounding and liberating. I can’t wait to learn to play the drums again! I hope to contribute extensively to the product and user experience going forward. I’m very excited about the possibilities for the future in my lifetime and beyond. To be able to create again is life changing. I hope to be one of the first people to hold my own with AI. It’s still faster than me, for now, but one day soon I may be collaborating with it, or creating with it in ways previously unimagined. “Do not try to bend the spoon. That’s impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth: there is no spoon.” Now replace spoon with trackpad, gamepad, or mouse and here we are! Since the first time I read Johnny Mnemonic and Neuromancer by William Gibson, BCI has been the dream. After decades of fantasy, I’m actually a Console Cowboy the likes of Henry Case. This is both fantastic and profound. In becoming a member of The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, I have the opportunities to further research into finding and fine tuning possible solutions to this age old malady AND to further research on human-machine symbiosis and working beyond the limitations of my physical body. On the very first day using my BCI, I was afforded a glimpse, the slightest whiff, of the capabilities I will achieve with practice and it is so far beyond anything I could have dreamt of as an able bodied individual. It’s not lost on me that without ALS, I would never have been a candidate for this study. I sincerely believe that if ALS is the price of admission to an opportunity of this magnitude, you pay it; gladly, willingly, and without hesitation. I would do it all again to end up right where I am, right where I’m supposed to be. #Neuralink #BCI #Cyberpunk