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

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] 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] 26 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Does this remind anyone else of Theranos?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Does this remind anyone else of House of Usher?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Somewhat, but theranos at least didn’t do brain surgery. This is theranos with far higher stakes

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

And way more obviously vaporware

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago

I'm over here concerned for all of Neuralink's patients.

[–] [email protected] 87 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I love how no one is ever going to start calling it "X" because it's just dumb. It will forever be "X-formerly-Twitter".

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

I like "Elon's Twitter"

[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You know you can just use twitter anyway, right?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Sure, but that disregards the fact that it's owned by a fascist prick.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nobody wants to use Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've been online since the days of dialup and never signed up for a Twitter account. It's just not worthy of my time

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Been here since Europe got flooded with AOL CDs, same.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

AOL CDs? You mean those cd-shaped cup coasters?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That was my thought when I started reading the piece. "Are we just going to call it XFT?"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

The platform formerly called Prince

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