• Butterbee (She/Her)
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    3710 months ago

    If it were anyone but Musk’s company I might be excited at the prospects of this tech.

    • garrett
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      2410 months ago

      Yeah, I don’t like a guy who consistently tries to embody “move fast, break stuff” in the places I least want that to be the case.

    • @[email protected]
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      10 months ago

      You would? I wouldn’t trust anyone to install anything in my body that doesn’t preserve my life. Much less any corporations.

      • 4dpuzzle
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        1310 months ago

        What about the ones that do preserve life? Like pacemakers? How long before we see all these anti consumer corporate BS panning out on those?

      • Butterbee (She/Her)
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        610 months ago

        Good rule for life… NEVER let someone cut you open unless it will save your life or drastically improve it. I was thinking along the lines of quadriplegics regaining autonomy than just futurisms. I could get excited about something that gives people their lives back. Would that ever come out of a company run by Musk? I highly doubt it. But if it weren’t him or other tech bros there could be a chance that it could turn into something that helps people.

        • @[email protected]
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          510 months ago

          I don’t know but I’d bet the person who got that implant is in a desperate situation without much to lose.

          I know neuralink’s first focus is on things like deep brain stimulation, which can take a person from having almost constant tremors and rictus, to be able to use their body. So I’d wager this particular implant probably has some potentially huge upside for someone who’s living in hell already anyway.

      • falsem
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        210 months ago

        It’s one of the things that potentially prevent the technological singularity. That’s undoubtedly why the self-important Musk has an interest in it.

        • @[email protected]
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          210 months ago

          Come gather ‘round people
          Wherever you roam
          And admit that the waters
          Around you have grown
          And accept it that soon
          You’ll be drenched to the bone
          If your time to you is worth savin’
          And you better start swimmin’
          Or you’ll sink like a stone
          For the times they are a-changin’

    • @[email protected]
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      610 months ago

      Not me, this will lead to malware installed in the brain.

      You think popups are bad now?

      Wait till you get them in your dreams.