Neuralink erhält die Genehmigung, in Kanada Versuche am Menschen zu starten

Gross.

MAID with extra steps

This kind of thing seems like the next step in human evolution IMO. We will all eventually become cyborgs lmao

Fuck. That.

I think that if I were paralyzed somehow, I’d do anything to have autonomy again. As an able bodied person and knowing Elon, holy shit the thought of anything to do with that man permanently implanted anywhere in my body (let alone my brain) is terrifying.

Edit: grammar

I get that Musk is a major fuckwit, that his only role is to provide the capital, and I know that they had major failures and murdered most of the monkeys they tested it on earlier.

But I also think that something like this needs to be investigated, that if it was perfected, it will be worth the pain and suffering that the animals went through. I can only hope that the technology is more mature now, that it’s not going to be an epic fail like theranos or whatnot.

Let’s say this works how much would it even cost? 1 million dollars?

While the stated purpose this is being used for would certainly help a lot of people, we once again fail to realize that down the road this can do far more harm than good. It won’t end with paraplegics. Do people think it’s a good idea for crazy zealots (of any ideology) or even distressed people to be able to download information into their heads at computer speeds?? This could be used in all the wrong ways. And likely will be used against the general population eventually once it gets approval. Hubris is deadly. Now imagine hubris operating at that level. Imagine disgruntled hackers that are petty, childish, and vindictive. Imagine corrupt governments. Criminal organizations. AI.

Kill switches. Mental control. This is a boundary we should not cross. Everything is a conspiracy theory until it isn’t. People are blinded by an overabundance of empathy coupled with idolizing and trusting everyone and everything that can create something that their intelligence can not. Just because someone is smarter or more capable than you are does not make them impossible to corrupt. It does not make other people with access to the technology more noble or trustworthy. It just creates things that other people who are also smarter can abuse without you noticing.

But yes! Dazzling! We as a society are blinded by the lights. I don’t have hate for Musk, but this is something that shouldn’t happen. The future implications are too dangerous and too easily exploited.

People putting trust in things simply because they are ingenious is usually a recipe for disaster and wool pulling. Blind trust and opens the doors to get royally fucked in the ass. We already know that there are many, many, MANY people in the world who control and exploit everything they can. Not everyone is good. The tech isn’t inherently bad. But lots of people are.

It’s not worth the risk.

Edit: I just wanted to add that my post is not directed at Op or anyone in particular. I also realize that it is an incredibly cynical post. I am not under the illusion that my opinion is what will happen or that anyone else needs to share it. And believe it or not, I would fully support this if it were limited to helping people as it is being applied in the article. I just think people need to consider the things that could go wrong along with the things that could go right. Something like this would need clear ethical boundaries and limitations. I hope the people using this can walk again, etc. I hope people don’t turn this into something awful. And I do see the good in the current application. But with great power comes great responsibility. And this is power unlike anything before it.

T8me to chrome the fuck up chopms

Weirdly dystopian headline.

I’m not surprised, I’ve seen them using AI to let people with paralysis move around with a brain implant. Technology is entering a new stage of biohacking.

What could possibly go wrong?

**FROM THE MOMENT I UNDERSTOOD THE WEAKNESS OF MY FLESH, IT DISGUSTED ME.**

I would be on board if Elon wasn’t involved