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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

LastWeekTonight made an interesting episode about medical devices and how they are cleared or approved. The OP's post is about approval for human trials, but I think Neuralink getting approved for the market by FDA and then ruining many lives anyway is a real possibility.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Good bot. Feels nice to say that again.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

FDA should regulate me being able to run Linux on it so I can tile on dwm with my MIND

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He just took control of "his" starlinks to shut off Ukraine, anyone who doesn't think he'll do something similar with these is oblivious.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Musk can go first. Maybe it'll help him save Twitter. Or he goes into the nuthouse. Either way, it would be a win.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Well... the brain chip experience for Deus Ex wasn't exactly fantastic. Seems reasonably on point.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Despite Elon being insane, the idea of brain-computer interfaces could be really great. I'm thinking of people with disabilities or debilitating injuries. This could enable prosthetics with full dexterity that you can control. It could be life changing for some people.

I don't know if that is the first thing Elon is aiming for, but any breakthroughs in the technology that could lead to it becoming a legitimate option to improve people's lives, I think would be a good thing.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Cool. However, I trust Musk and his projects about as far as I can throw a Buick.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Based on how many monkeys Elon has killed, I'm not sure he'll have too many volunteers.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I won't get a brain chip unless there's laws passed banning using them for advertising or for data collection, but knowing our current government those two things will end up being mandatory

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

And then the next government just reverses that law. Doesn't sound fun.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’ll never put a chip in my brain unless it’s a life or death thing. But this is totally going to be what our cyberpunk future will be.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would be down for it if it was a local only connection, no internet, it would also have to be fully owned, no license. I wouldn't even want the cons protocol to resemble tcp/ip

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Orwell tried to warn us. Apparently that wasn't enough. The implications of the neurolink, a chip in our brains, seems like a bad idea. The meme is on point. Constant ads, which are out of ones control, might drive people to madness. Imagine having no space to think?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

No, imagine if EA buys it...

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