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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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[–] 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".