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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You'll rent frontal cortex space to AI processesing and be happy.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That's stupid, Total waste of resources. I use UberBrain and rent my brain and body out from 9 to 5. Sure. I wake up sore and have no idea what my body has been doing or where it was, but I get ten dollars an hour for basically going to sleep for 8 hours.

[–] trucy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I just hope the first victim will be a techbro

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But how will we know if it causes brain damage or loss of free thinking?

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The first person to receive the neuralink is a paralyzed individual with no quality of life. This may help them communicate with their loved ones.

I don't get why people don't see that this is a medical device.

[–] Jomega@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Medical devices aren't supposed to kill their users, which is what happened in the animal testing phase. It didn't even have a single successful case of doing what it's supposed to.

[–] SacralPlexus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

People do understand this is a medical device. What you seem to not be getting in this situation is that Elon Musk is an absolutely horrible human who has a long track record of badness. There are plenty of reasons to be pessimistic that this project will end badly for people who aren’t him.

Awhile back it was discovered that Tesla had quietly programmed Autopilot to disengage if it detected a crash was eminent. Why? Because they were asked to report how many crashes occurred while autopilot was active. Their solution was to game the system rather than actively try to solve any potential problems and be honest / critical of what they had built. This is a system that already has the potential to get people killed. Do you suppose that sort of unscrupulous decision making is going to stop when his people are implanting devices in human brains?

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

Musk and his board at Neuralink should be first test subjects. But we know that'll never happen. Thousands of people will receive brain damage as they submit for trials hoping to have horrible conditions lessened.

[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Musk himself would be just fine, just like Frankenstein.