How an electrode (#Stimoceiver) can control your mind?

As I promised I am happy to share this article on mind control using a machine. I am very confident that after reading this article, you will know how mind control can be possible in the near future. This subject is always debatable on moral grounds and if I analyzed this technology in the context of AI Threat, then it seems like a nightmare when AI get hold of our own invention and research to turn against us. This is why many great scientists and people like Stephen Hawking or Elon Musk are fearful of AI Advancement.

To better understand this article, let's understand a few terms and their meaning:

STIMOCEIVER

The Stimoceiver is a tiny transceiver implanted in the head of a control subject, which can then be used to modify emotions and control behaviour. (source -  https://findwords.info/term/stimoceiver).
When we discuss Stimoceiver, the first name which pops our mind is of Dr José Manuel Rodríguez Delgado, José Manuel Rodríguez Delgado was a Spanish professor of physiology at Yale University, famed for his research on mind control through electrical stimulation of the brain. You can read his biography at  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Delgado

As per Wikipedia, the most famous example of the stimoceiver in action occurred at a Córdoba bull breeding ranch. Rodríguez Delgado stepped into the ring with a bull which had had a stimoceiver implanted within its brain. The bull charged Delgado, who pressed a remote control button which caused the bull to stop its charge. Always one for theatrics, he taped this stunt and it can be seen today. The region of the brain Rodríguez Delgado stimulated when he pressed the hand-held transmitter was the caudate nucleus. This region was chosen to be stimulated because the caudate nucleus is involved in controlling voluntary movements. Rodríguez Delgado claimed that the stimulus caused the bull to lose its aggressive instinct.
Watch this video below:

One of the direct clinical applications of Delgado’s work, deep-brain stimulation is a recently FDA-approved approach towards treating Parkinson’s disease and depression. A long electrode is surgically inserted into a targeted region of the brain, such as the basal ganglia in Parkinson’s, where a pulse generator steadily sends bursts of electricity to stimulate that region. It is now known that the electrical pulses from deep brain stimulation stimulate certain neurons to secrete compounds that suppress the symptoms associated with a disease such as Parkinson’s. They act as pacemakers, regulating the chemical balance of the brain without resorting to drugs. Although not a cure, they serve to significantly reduce symptoms and improve the quality of life for the patient. Delgado’s dream of using his stimoceivers to cure disease has finally been realized.

Delgado dreamed of using his electrodes to tap directly into human thoughts: to read them, edit them, improve them.

He once told a newspaper that the human race is at an evolutionary turning point. We’re very close to having the power to construct our own mental functions or we will be able to “construct thyself.”

We are now understanding how useful can Stimoceiver be, for various technological advancement. I will talk about one of its current application in the area of BCI - Brain control interface in my next article.

References:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Delgado
2. http://www.yalescientific.org/2011/02/the-brain-machine-connection-humans-and-computers-in-the-21st-century/
3. https://www.wired.com/2016/01/phil-kennedy-mind-control-computer/