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[–] [email protected] 108 points 9 months ago (3 children)

After what happened to all those monkeys I still can't believe he got permission to move to human trials. You'd have to be stupid or insane to volunteer for this.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Musk has perfected the self selection of morons, I'm sure they'll have plenty of test subjects to toy with

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Anyone getting this shit will die just like every single fucking monkey test subject. If they don’t die, their suffering will be unbearable

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-pcrm-neuralink-monkey-deaths/

Go on Elon, show us how it’s done and take the first one

[–] prole 30 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This is some Josef Mengele shit. He better be held accountable after this inevitable shit show.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wow, thank you for linking that article, I hadn’t read it yet. That’s absolutely horrible, and it doesn’t surprise me that Elon has orchestrated something so cruel in the name of progress.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

In the name of money*

[–] [email protected] 75 points 9 months ago (1 children)

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-pcrm-neuralink-monkey-deaths/

UC Davis veterinary records cited by the Physicians Committee—which WIRED also obtained through a subsequent California public records request—chronicle a battery of complications that developed following procedures involving electrodes being surgically implanted into monkeys’ brains. The complications include bloody diarrhea, partial paralysis, and cerebral edema, a condition colloquially known as “brain swelling.”

Additional veterinary reports show the condition of a female monkey called “Animal 15” during the months leading up to her death in March 2019. Days after her implant surgery, she began to press her head against the floor for no apparent reason; a symptom of pain or infection, the records say. Staff observed that though she was uncomfortable, picking and pulling at her implant until it bled, she would often lie at the foot of her cage and spend time holding hands with her roommate.

Yeah. I think I'll pass.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That last line man. Wow.

Poor girl was in serious distress.

[–] prole 30 points 9 months ago

I think whomever it was at the FDA that approved this shit for human trials needs to be investigated. It reeks of corruption.

[–] [email protected] 71 points 9 months ago (3 children)

This really might be the one that gets him. It’s one thing when self driving doesn’t quite work right or when that tunnel project gets abandoned. If they install these things and people get seriously hurt (I know cars can hurt people) it’s going to be a shit storm.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago (1 children)

defintily musk is not gonna be prepared for this one

[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago

Virgin Bill Gates: "The covid vaccine doesn't contain any microchips....I-I promise!"

Chad Elon Musk: "I will literally microchip your brain"

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He doesn't care. His followers will defend him and tell you that he is god send and he is the smartest guy of mankind.

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 9 months ago

Rather appropriately, allowing Elon Musk's crew to operate on your brain is proof that you do indeed need brain surgery.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

I'm never getting one. If it ever gets to the point where I have to get a brain implant as a condition for a employment, and all the jobs are like that then I guess I'll just be homeless.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] prole 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As if it wouldn't be super illegal to hack it and remove the tracking software. AKA Windows 11 BE (Brain Edition).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Imagine the subscription service to your brain, that if you don't pay, you get turret syndrome or something lol... Actually, it's not funny, but sadly, that'll be a thing for sure...

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 9 months ago

There are few companies products I want in my body less than from anything that Musk is involved in.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The fact he hasn't had one installed himself shows he has no confidence in his product. Please don't go on twitter and tell him he shouldn't sell products he refuses to use.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago

So Elon is the first one to get one, right? What do you mean, he doesn't want one?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Yeah bruh fuck everything about this.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

He already had it implanted. That's why he is so fucked up.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I can't wait to get X advertising streamed directly into my dreams.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm sure there's tons of Muskrat fans who'd love one but unfortunately they don't have brains.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

Let’s test it on the Elongate Muskrat first

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

Musk should be the first.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Can't wait for them to start beaming ads directly into our brains

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[–] Varyk 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

No paywall: https://archive.is/yN8gL

That is a fascinating read, I had no idea how far multiple companies have already gotten on neural impulse translations and practical implementation.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Sounds like a great idea, and I’m sure it will work just as well as Tesla FSD. Cost a lot of money and get people killed.

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-pcrm-neuralink-monkey-deaths/

Just wait until TwittX is a mandatory app on the link, lol.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Let him be the first patient.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Is it, though?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

I know there was a lot of ableist bigotry involved and it was problematic for even more reasons but...

Them mofos are paying for darwin awards.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

The US FDA is a captured organization. This operation won't even pass a research level ethics commitee.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

My pop-corn is ready, any time now ^^

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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