The only things in that paragraph that are correct are:
1. the name neural lace
2. Iain M. Banks coined it
3. He was Scottish.
It wasn't first described in Look to Windward. It didn't serve as a rite of passage in the Culture. It doesn't upgrade the human brain, and certainly not to the level of the Culture's ruling machine intelligences.
And at no point does the article quote the bit that I did, which serves as a cautionary note: the neural lace is the most effective implement of torture ever.
Once upon a time, the Geek Code had an entry "c++++ I'll be first in line to get the new cybernetic interace installed into my skull." It only took a little while for everyone sensible to amend that to "Waiting for skull interface 3.1, with security patches and a really good firewall."
1. the name neural lace
2. Iain M. Banks coined it
3. He was Scottish.
It wasn't first described in Look to Windward. It didn't serve as a rite of passage in the Culture. It doesn't upgrade the human brain, and certainly not to the level of the Culture's ruling machine intelligences.
And at no point does the article quote the bit that I did, which serves as a cautionary note: the neural lace is the most effective implement of torture ever.
Once upon a time, the Geek Code had an entry "c++++ I'll be first in line to get the new cybernetic interace installed into my skull." It only took a little while for everyone sensible to amend that to "Waiting for skull interface 3.1, with security patches and a really good firewall."