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Thousands of people are reportedly lining up to have a portion of their skull removed and one of Elon Musk's brain chips implanted (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 10 months ago by ICastFist@programming.dev to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Earlier this year, the US Food and Drug Administration gave Neuralink, which Musk cofounded in 2016, approval to launch human trials of its device that Musk has described as a "Fitbit in your skull." The FDA had previously rejected Neuralink's bid for human testing in March over safety concerns, Reuters reported, including that the wires connected to the brain chip could move within a subject's head or that the chip could overheat.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 85 points 10 months ago (20 children)

What the fuck is wrong with people?

[–] snorkbubs@fedia.io 102 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (15 children)

Neuralink said in a blog post that it was looking for people who had paralysis in all four limbs because of a spinal-cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, these people are willing to take a risk in order to overcome difficult conditions, and that should be allowed. On the other hand, it feels like Neuralink is preying on their hopes.

If the company figurehead wasn't a libertarian billionaire edgelord, I might look past that second hand. No chance of that, though. He's going to kill people, and then he's going to retweet memes about it.

[+] guacupado@lemmy.world -6 points 10 months ago (6 children)

On the other hand, it feels like Neuralink is preying on their hopes.

It's not different than any other experimental treatment.

[–] snorkbubs@fedia.io 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The sentence after the one you quoted explains how this is different from other treatments (it's Musk). With any other company, the question wouldn't have even entered my mind.

[–] gazter@aussie.zone -4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The vitriol against anything vaguely Musky on lemmy is so perplexing to me.

It's nuts that people will froth at the mouth at the merest suggestion they consider buying a Tesla, and then drive off in their Volkswagen.

[–] snorkbubs@fedia.io 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's not just Lemmy, it's all of the communities and people that he constantly trolls and shits on. The only people he hasn't tried to piss off are neo-fascists and Russians. If someone doesn't see that, they must not be paying attention. Which, well... that's not a bad idea, to be honest.

Regardless, it's nice that everyone is finally waking up to the fact that he's just a grifter who likes to call non-grifters pedos.

Also, I caught the comment you made next to this one; what client are you using that shows downvotes? If they're actually downvoted (shows +1 to me), it's likely because the sentence, right after the one they quoted, answered their question. So, the comment as-is didn't really add anything to the conversation.

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

to be fair, the VW EVs are better than the tesla EVs

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