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Neuralink’s human trials volunteers ‘should have serious concerns,’ say medical experts::A medical ethics committee responded to Elon Musk's brain-interface startup issuing an open call for patients yesterday.

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[–] kaotic@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Elon's going to try putting your memories behind a paywall.

[–] designatedhacker@lemm.ee 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why let you have your memories at all? Each day you remember the doctored history of a happy employee. You're excited for another day of peak productivity with a short break for your favorite meal (the only food you're aware of): Soylent green. Hey where's Steve today... who's Steve... better get back to work.

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey that's an episode of Stargate

[–] holmesandhoatzin@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Exatron@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Memories if you're lucky. He'd try to put all autonomic functions behind a paywall.

[–] Thaumiel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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[–] Reality_Suit@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Acephale horror podcast has a story about buying people's memories. But what if they take more than they're supposed to? Would you even know?