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Neuralink’s human trials volunteers ‘should have serious concerns,’ say medical experts (www.popsci.com)
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Neuralink’s human trials volunteers ‘should have serious concerns,’ say medical experts::A medical ethics committee responded to Elon Musk's brain-interface startup issuing an open call for patients yesterday.

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

For sure, that's what the testing is for. Now that a device has been put in a human it will be determined if it's safe over many years and trials.

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

If something is dangerous in animal testing, it shouldn't reach humans. The FDA is toothless (due to underfunding and regulatory capture).