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Earlier this year, the US Food and Drug Administration gave Neuralink, which Musk cofounded in 2016, approval to launch human trials of its device that Musk has described as a "Fitbit in your skull." The FDA had previously rejected Neuralink's bid for human testing in March over safety concerns, Reuters reported, including that the wires connected to the brain chip could move within a subject's head or that the chip could overheat.

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[–] Lyrac@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tf is my skull gonna do with a fitbit?

[–] Ogeon@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's useful for keeping track of your mental gymnastics.

[–] Lyrac@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Brilliant. Purchasing now.

[–] Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Well, there's obviously nothing inside their skulls anyway 😜.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Just wait until everyone's required to get one of these as a condition of employment for most jobs. By the time enough people get pissed off enough about it to try to do something, it'll be too late.

Drug free workplace act? That's old news how about a free will-free workplace.

This is some anti-vax level bullshit.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Oh ffs no near timeline is going to require literal brain surgery for a condition of employment. Why the hell would they want you to be able to look at porn while you work?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What the fuck is wrong with people?

[–] snorkbubs@fedia.io 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Neuralink said in a blog post that it was looking for people who had paralysis in all four limbs because of a spinal-cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, these people are willing to take a risk in order to overcome difficult conditions, and that should be allowed. On the other hand, it feels like Neuralink is preying on their hopes.

If the company figurehead wasn't a libertarian billionaire edgelord, I might look past that second hand. No chance of that, though. He's going to kill people, and then he's going to retweet memes about it.

[–] Caradoc879@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasn't there a report about dozens of dead monkeys from animal trials a few months ago?

[–] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I dont think they reached dozens, but yes this is the same project that had dead monkey headlines rolling around

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not just dead, lot's of suffering beforehand. Those were some nauseating stories.

[–] geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've read a lot of disturbing stuff on the internet but those descriptions of what the monkeys endured made me feel really uncomfortable

[–] DigitalFrank@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Think about how dumb the average person is. Now, realize that half of them are dumber than that."

    • George Carlin
[–] Taringano@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

*the median person