15 of 23 Monkeys with Elon Musk’s Neuralink Brain Chips Reportedly Died

Post by uxcolumbo » Sat, Feb 12, 2022, 9:09 AM UTC

ovi256 wrote: post #25

arcticbull wrote: post #10

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So far he's... - planning to dig tiny tunnels with no ventilation or emergency egress for cars instead of, you know, trains [1] - [edit](as if the only reason we have traffic is because lanes are uncovered? maybe just put a roof over the highway as a beta test?) - he's walked back the whole hyperloop thing almost entirely [2] - some electric cars where he tried to overthrow the government of Bolivia to source lithium…

I think that you'll learn that besides haters, nobody cares about the failures. Or hit rate. Only about the successes. And Elon's had such huge ones that he can keep trying for more.

Post by fathyb » Sat, Feb 12, 2022, 9:11 AM UTC

adamtulinius wrote: post #27

fathyb wrote: post #21

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What did they claim the chip was doing? It just looks like a monkey trained to play basic video games for food. That chip could be the sticker of the backpack of a little Lego spaceman.

It ends up playing using only the neuralink when the joystick is disconnected.

Post by jsnodlin » Sat, Feb 12, 2022, 9:18 AM UTC

arcticbull wrote: post #6

And died in the most gruesome ways imaginable. One of them appears to have chewed off its own toe. Elon's folks tortured them to death for a goal I cannot properly articulate, tbh.

Post by sterlind » Sat, Feb 12, 2022, 9:19 AM UTC

imdsm wrote: post #32

sdoering wrote: post #24

I can't even imagine how these experiments are passing an ethics committee. I had never heard of this experiment before, but this report is one of these moments, that make me question, if we took the wrong branch of reality. A billionaire torturing animals for a self gain goal disguised as scientific research sounds like a plot from a James Bond movie of my childhood. I just can't wrap my head around.

To be fair, it's easy for us to sit here and dismiss research into brain implants while we have full use of our bodies and are fit and healthy. On the other hand, people who have suffered horrific injuries likely feel quite differently about the research. While what's allegedly happening to the animals is horrible, let's just be clear that "self gain goal disguised as scientific research" is a highly subject take. No…

Post by cloutchaser » Sat, Feb 12, 2022, 9:22 AM UTC

sdoering wrote: post #24

I can't even imagine how these experiments are passing an ethics committee. I had never heard of this experiment before, but this report is one of these moments, that make me question, if we took the wrong branch of reality. A billionaire torturing animals for a self gain goal disguised as scientific research sounds like a plot from a James Bond movie of my childhood. I just can't wrap my head around.