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Elon lied about the monkeys — and he shouldn't be trusted to put his Neuralink chips in human brains. (aus.social)

submitted 1 year ago by ajsadauskas@aus.social to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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Elon lied about the monkeys — and he shouldn't be trusted to put his Neuralink chips in human brains.

"They are claiming they are going to put a safe device on the market, and that's why you should invest," Ryan Merkley at the Physicians Committee, told Wired. "And we see his lie as a way to whitewash what happened in these exploratory studies."

Really heartbreaking reading what happened to the monkeys.

People quite rightly think of Elizabeth Holmes as a fraud for making false medical claims about what the Theranos machines could do. So why aren't Elon's claims at Neuralink being held to the same level of scrutiny?

https://futurism.com/neoscope/terrible-things-monkeys-neuralink-implants

@technology #Elon #Neuralink #ElonMusk

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[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yup. You have to be a special kind of trusting to allow a company to modify your brain.

Banal attempts at mind control, crude as they are, are bad enough already.

[–] Holyginz@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Honestly, interface chips in our brains would be a logical step at some point in the future. But hell would need to freeze, then thaw, then freeze over again before I trust anything of elons being inserted in my brain.

[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's easy to say as someone with a healthy brain. A blind, deaf or a paralyzed person might feel different once there truly is a way to get your sight back with this technology.

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

I don't have a healthy brain? Could be better could be worse but no fucking way would I let a private company with a shady safety record run by an insane megalomaniac fuck with it.

Anything that's plugging into your brain just can't be controlled by a small group of people with the sole motive of line goes up. Open research and public ownership are required. The consequences are just too terrible otherwise.

[–] Angry_Maple@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

"Truly" is the whole catch here. The problem is that Elon could very well prey on the people who have no other options. We are far from having evidence that it truly works.

This is definitely one of those procedures that should need solid proof to be legal. It would be tragic for these people to die over some guy's "trust me bro".