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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Probably very safe. Though the tech is interesting, that the company is owned by such a person does not instill confidence about its future use.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Tell that to all the dead monkeys. It wasn’t that long ago that they were getting slammed for animal rights violations for having a very high number of animal fatalities in their testing compared to similar research groups.

There was even a big thread about it on Reddit where another researcher said that if there were that many deaths in any other project, it would be considered a failure and cancelled.

And now they’re upgrading to humans.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

I'm picturing that one day people will need guides on how to "jailbreak" their own brains, because they want the be able to live without the constant advertising and recording. Their brains no longer belong to them but the companies

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

“Free calls, free internet, for everyone, forever.”

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I know the meme is making fun of these people, but the “expectation” makes it look like the only thing they expect to get out of it is feeling like they’re cool for having it

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I'm amused how Neuralink was a highly regarded breakthrough celebrated by the likes of Reddit/Lemmy folks, but once Musk was revealed as an idiot, Neuralink is suddenly "lobotomizing".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I haven't seen anyone excited about neuralink, ever. Maybe it helps that I don't read Twitter though.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Deus Ex Human Revolution was such a nice game

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm in the awkward position of being genuinely excited by this type of technology while desperately wishing literally anyone but Elon Musk was pushing them.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

What other proof do you need to realize that it ends badly? The recent cases of Ransomware don't worry you at all?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This game's advertising is so effective, people voluntarily put it in memes (myself included).

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