Raw thought: just as current computing devices, brain implants and brain interfaces will require operating systems. What will be the OS of brain links? It is hard to extrapolate, but one thing is certain: they'll have to be extremely safe. The risks of infiltration ... 1/4
will be very high and very costly. One interesting model is what Android did to Linux: App isolation to sandboxes, default no root access, and importantly, clear App permissions. This last point means that Apps will have to clearly state what level of access they 2/4
have to each subsystem (e.g. permission to access your visual system).
Will a future version of Linux power brain chips? Or will we require more powerful approaches, in like something built from scratch in a safe language like Rust? 3/4
What OS would you trust to use in your implant? 4/4