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Neuralink 'Participant 1' says his life has changed

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360 points danielmorozoff | 1 comments | 24 Aug 25 09:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.243s | source
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devinprater ◴[26 Aug 25 18:21 UTC] No.45030311[source]▶
I'll let other blind people go first, but I'm definitely some one that would love, love, love to be able to see. Driving, knowing body language, playing any and every video game out there, shoot yeah!
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fracus ◴[26 Aug 25 22:20 UTC] No.45033075[source]▶
From what I've read, if you are blind from birth, but visual signals were suddenly restored, your brain wouldn't know how to process them. Blind from birth = blind forever. I'm not certain though.
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vjvjvjvjghv ◴[26 Aug 25 22:47 UTC] No.45033286[source]▶
I think the brain would adapt. It may take a while but the brain is very flexible and adaptable.
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1. kelseyfrog ◴[27 Aug 25 01:16 UTC] No.45034336[source]▶
Depending on the task[1], it takes 1 week[2] to 1 year[3].

1. https://news.mit.edu/2011/vision-problem-0411

2. Shape recognition

3. Face recognition