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Brain chips to be tested on humans this year, Elon Musk says (www.jpost.com)

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If Neuralink can prove its device is safe in humans, it would still potentially take more than a decade for the start-up to secure commercial use approval

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[–] Yewb@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dude cant even get the software on teslas to work right and we are going to trust him with brain implants? Lol

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Look how it went for monkey test subjects. 😳

[–] hoilst@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They were going to ask for volunteers from Musk's legions of loyal fans, but then they realised the subjects needed to have brains.

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Just finished my first cuppa and had a nice and literal lol. Thanks for starting my day right!

[–] gus@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And what company would you currently trust to make brain implants?

[–] blomkalsgratin@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe the answer to that one to be "fucking not a-one", but that's just an educated guess of course.

[–] hoilst@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just love the assumption that we have to have brain implants (why? Because L. Ron Musk said so?)

[–] GreatBigJerk@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it's the sci-fi fantasy of it. Like being able to download knowledge like the matrix.

In reality the real use of these is to help people with brain injuries or disabilities.

Elno wants to grift people on the former. Literally everything he does is selling people the knock off wish version of something from a sci-fi movie/book/game.

[–] Magzter@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Musk aside, BCI will be a significant part of human lives in the distant future, they will initially aid existing tech but as the technology advances I can forsee a black mirror-esque future with our brains having a digital component.

[–] JayGarrick@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

or you know like from the 1st Kingsman movie

[–] kool_newt 3 points 1 year ago

I can't help but think brain implants are an inherently bad idea.