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This sounds like a nightmare.
Why?
Because there is 0 chance these companies don’t force ads into our brains or require us to pay subscriptions not mentioned before the implant was put in but may harm our brain if we don’t pay. Europeans will maybe be safe from that due to consumer protection laws but we Americans are fucked.
This seems like a policy problem and not a tech problem.
Do you really think policy matters when there’s a profit incentive?
Yes, absolutely. Look at the current insane level of protectionism.
Sorry, the support for my bionic eyes must have been dropped. Where is this insane protectionism?
Do you not recall the literal trade war we were in before COVID?
Theres still onsistently high tariffs on imported goods, and the US government is even considering banning the sale of US steel to Nippon
Oh gotcha, I thought you meant consumer protection laws. Not international trade. My bad for not catching that
While the idea is awesome, I'm certain that greedy corporations or other bad actors will abuse this.
I'm sure at some point in the future someone will do bad things with every piece of technology, as they have with every piece of technology so far.
That's no reason to be upset about advances in new technology
They aren’t upset about technological advancement, they’re upset at the utter lack of consumer protection.
It’s been bad for a long time:
https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-obsolete
And nothing has changed that. But go ahead don’t let me stop you from begging to be a beta tester.
Worked out so far right? https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-pcrm-neuralink-monkey-deaths/
Im sure Elon will totally not rat fuck you like he has done to every Tesla owner (bad build quality, false advertising for things like full self driving, etc)
It’s wild you are so desperate to defend these out of control capitalists wanting to do literal human experimentation. The corporations don’t give a fuck about you, you’re expendable.
This is not a remotely accurate reading of either my comments or this article
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I’d like to see you sign up for Elon’s chip:
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-pcrm-neuralink-monkey-deaths/