Earlier this year, the US Food and Drug Administration gave Neuralink, which Musk cofounded in 2016, approval to launch human trials of its device that Musk has described as a “Fitbit in your skull.” The FDA had previously rejected Neuralink’s bid for human testing in March over safety concerns, Reuters reported, including that the wires connected to the brain chip could move within a subject’s head or that the chip could overheat.
“Think about how dumb the average person is. Now, realize that half of them are dumber than that.”
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- George Carlin
*the median person
Yes, but that wasn’t the quote.
Median is a kind of average, like mean and mode.
I don’t think there’s a better response than this.
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Love that they’re calling it a Fitbit in your skull. Cause Fitbit is currently dying and removing support. Imagine getting a skull implant that stops getting support and updates after a year, and you now have a useless device in your brain
This would be a cool Tom Scott dystopia because he definetly read that already
you now have a useless device in your brain
I think that if you are one of the first to volunteer for this, then you probably wouldn’t notice.
Imagine a new model coming out a month later.
As I said in another thread about nLink:
Anyone getting this shit will die just like every single fucking monkey test subject. If they don’t die, their suffering will be unbearable
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-pcrm-neuralink-monkey-deaths/
Go on Elon, show us how it’s done and take the first one
Dad got his brain chip in 2010. Worked great. Had nothing to do with neuralink. They’ve been doing these implants safely for at least that long. The fact that musk can’t keep monkeys alive says a lot about the fact that neuralink isn’t ready.
That’s fascinating, could you share a manufacturer name? I’d love to look into what kind of brain chips are out there that aren’t from phony stark
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What the hell does that chip even do?
Epilepsy treatment I imagine.
🎵Zuckerberg and Gates and Buffet, amateurs can fuckin’ suck it; fuck their wives, drink their blood 🎵
Come on Jeff, get em!
AAHHHHHHHH
Bro I hate that this song lives rent free in my head. FUCK Bezos but GOD it’s such a bop, I’ll always listen again when it comes up so I can listen again. Time to watch Inside again
I love seeing Bo in the wild
To be fair, everyone who doesn’t get one will die too
Even if it was safe “Fitbit in your skull” sounds awful
gotta get my STEPS bro
This reminds me of that corporate quest in Starfield where you learn what they were doing at the clinic. Surreal…
“Your trial subscription to module: ‘breathing’ will end in 30 days. If you’d like to continue your subscription please accept the new terms and conditions and link your payment method using the following link.”
P.s. I know neuralink cannot do this… Yet
This is like self-solving problem then?
tf is my skull gonna do with a fitbit?
It’s useful for keeping track of your mental gymnastics.
Brilliant. Purchasing now.
I would guess, and this is completely a guess, these are Elon fans who think that the vaccines were dangerous and had microchips in them.
He’s done wonders with Twitter/Tesla/spacex, I don’t see how he could foul this up
And that Hyperloop is the only way to travel.
I knew I forgot a revolutionary achievement. Thank you.
SpaceX is doing fine, I have read that they don’t let him mess it up
Everyone needs to read about the poor monkeys in these trials.
Horrific.
I’m happy they’ve moved on from testing on unwilling monkeys, to willing humans.
Yeah, that shit’s how you end up with planet of the apes
I’m sure Musk won’t randomly disable any features remotely.
Elon Musk has an excellent track record for remote disabled features.
We… at least I learnt about this in school. Its called natural selection.
Fuck him, and fuck that.
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Musk makes it sound like he is the only person with a company investing in this, even though.
One example is Synchron that already beat him to human trials two years ago
