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Not such a conspiracy theory now (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Or if they asked why "accessibility" is one of the top 3 stated priorities for something that's supposed to control part of your brain 😬

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is that true?! 🤣

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yup! Lemme see if I can't find the quote..

The approval was "the result of incredible work by the Neuralink team in close collaboration with the FDA", it said.

The firm promised more information "soon" on plans to sign up trial participants.

Its website promises that "safety, accessibility and reliability" are all priorities during its engineering process

And we all know that when Musk says something is safe and reliable, it usually isn't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don’t think that word means what you think it means.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It means several things, including the following two things that are the ones Musk is more than likely focusing on:

1: ease of acquiring the chip

2: ease of access to (manipulating) the chip once installed

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility

Accessibility is the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities.

Assistive technology is the creation of a new device that assists a person in completing a task that would otherwise be impossible. Some examples include new computer software programs like screen readers, and inventions such as assistive listening devices, including hearing aids, and traffic lights with a standard color code that enables colorblind individuals to understand the correct signal.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gusalexiou/2020/09/08/could-elon-musks-neuralink-be-a-game-changer-for-people-with-disabilities

Disabled people are likely to have had their attention piqued by Musk reiterating that, in the first instance, Neuralink would be looking to “solve important brain and spine problems.”

In fact, throughout the presentation, several chronic and life-limiting conditions were cited as being potentially treatable by Neuralink — ranging from blindness, spinal cord injuries, memory loss, brain damage and even depression.

The company’s first round of clinical trials will focus on patients with spinal cord injuries.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/musks-neuralink-start-human-trials-brain-implant-2023-09-19/

…Neuralink said, adding that its initial goal is to enable people to control a computer cursor or keyboard using their thoughts alone.

ETA:

I have no interest in defending the muskrat or his dystopian vision for this technology. I’m just a developer who gives half a shit about making accessible software, so I want people to know what that means.

I hadn’t really formed an opinion on this article specifically, but… If I had spinal damage? I might consider signing up for the monkey-killer chip too. A shot at getting my body back might be too enticing to resist.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Probably because it’s literally being made to help disabled people have more accessibility to the real world and you’re just here pulling shit out of your ass because of your blind emotional reaction to the word “Musk”.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Aww, did my accurate description of how trustworthy your fundamentally dishonest hero is hurt you, fanboy? I'm sooo sorry! 🙄

Methinks I'm not the one having an emotional reaction here 😄

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So let’s get this straight, your response to learning something was “yOuRE jUSt A MUsK FANbOi”.

And that’s it?

K.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Learning something? The only new information is that you're swallowing the PR pitch hook, line and sinker.

Telling me what a PR pitch from an Elon Musk company says is like reciting the more coherent parts of a Trump rally: you may think that you're teaching me something, but what you're actually doing is repeating their unsubstantiated claims as if they were facts.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Bro, the technology exists and is being tested to help right now, there is no PR pitch here you goofy fucker.

Telling me what a PR pitch from an Elon Musk company says

Where did I do this? lol. Reality isn’t your strong suit is it?

is like reciting the more coherent parts of a Trump rally: you may think that you're teaching me something, but what you're actually doing is repeating their unsubstantiated claims as if they were facts.

Now you’re just talking to yourself, it seems.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Bro, the technology exists

That something exists doesn't mean it works.

is being tested to help right now

You mean it's being tested to sell. Got any source other than Musk, someone who works for him or someone using either as their only source?

Because "we swear this thing we're trying to get approved so we can get a lot of money helps people" isn't proof.

Especially when the boss is notorious for exaggerating and sometimes even inventing out of whole cloth the benefits of his products.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've literally linked YouTube videos from news shows demonstrating the technology working.

Could you just forget Elon musk for a minute and think?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've literally linked YouTube videos

Oh yes, the most reliable source that makes skipping to the pertinent part easiest: youtube videos 🙄

demonstrating the technology working

But not the specific chip by the specific company we're talking about.

Could you just forget Elon musk

Oh wouldn't that just be wonderful? Alas, it's his company and thus his tendency towards cutting corners, exaggerating and straight up making things up about the products of his companies is relevant.

I'm no luddite, but Musk has shown that he can't be trusted to make a well-built car, so why should anyone trust him with a device implanted into their fucking BRAIN??