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Doctors Concerned About Neuralink's First Patient (futurism.com)

submitted 10 months ago by catculation to c/[email protected]

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• Concerns rise as Neuralink fails to provide evidence of brain implant success, raising safety and transparency questions.

• Controversy surrounds Neuralink's lack of data on surgical capabilities and alarming treatment of monkeys with brain implants.

• While Neuralink touts achievements, experts question true innovation and highlight developments in other brain implant projects.

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[–] [email protected] 187 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Finally some news about the first human trial.

The part about them not issuing regular progress reports since day 1 (a month or so ago) is, how these doctors put it, concerning.

Apart from that, I think jumping from monkeys to human experiments when the success rate is low feels either rush work or some high person in charge decided to go all-or-nothing.

[–] [email protected] 128 points 10 months ago (1 children)

or some high person in charge decided to go all-or-nothing

I don't see what Elon's drug use and increasingly irratic decision-making have to to with this.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago

Hahahaha

[–] [email protected] 44 points 10 months ago

"move fast and break ~~things~~ people"

[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago

Agreed. And seems wild to allow that kind of coercion from powerful people to move into the human body stage without air tight everything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I think it is unethical to test this technology on anyone who does not consent. It is too invasive and damaging. Our testing framework should be revised for brain interfaces.