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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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[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 67 points 6 months ago (9 children)

Neuralink, owned by controversial billionaire Elon Musk, believes it can prevent thread movement in the next patient by simply implanting the fine wires deeper into brain tissue. The company is planning on—and the FDA has reportedly signed off on—implanting the threads 8 millimeters into the brain of the second trial participant rather than the 3 mm to 5 mm depth used in Arbaugh's implantation.

Yeah, "just shove it in deeper" sounds like a brilliant plan.

Maybe it'll work, maybe it won't, but if I was that second patient I wouldn't exactly be feeling super confident about their approach.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 11 points 6 months ago (7 children)

Yeah, “just shove it in deeper” sounds like a brilliant plan.

Does your past experience in brain surgery suggest that this might be a bad idea?

They're volunteers with next to nothing to lose. This isn't some healthy person who just wants to play angry birds with their mind. They're getting an experimental device planted into their brain. I'm sure they're aware of the risks.

[–] 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.

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