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Neuralink to implant 2nd human with brain chip as 75% of threads retract in 1st (arstechnica.com)
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[–] modeler@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There is non-zero risk in every surgery, and this is a major surgery. There is non-zero risk of very very severe consequences: brain infection, stroke being just some. While these risks are low, they are non-zero. The volunteers have the possibility of losing everything.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And I'm sure they're aware of that. What are you trying to say here? Abandon development of this technology?

[–] cestvrai@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Or focus on the non-invasive form of this technology.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee -4 points 6 months ago

I don't think it's capable of doing what the ultimate goal of Neuralink is, which is much more than being able to move a cursor on the screen. Science and technology wont stop advancing just because it's potenttially risky.