• captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.orgEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I’m happy for this guy that it seems to be helping him. But I cannot stress how much I DO NOT TRUST THIS COMPANY at all. I would be 0% surprised if we find out five years from now they killed 10 other patients and this is the only story they chose to share. I don’t believe they have any integrity and the little bit that has leaked out about their “research” practices has been horrific.

    This is being reported like it is scientific communication about the research. But this is the spin machine of a for-profit company. 

  • skyler@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    The 29-year-old complete quadriplegic shared that he had lost sensation and suffered paralysis from below the shoulders after sustaining a spinal injury during a diving accident eight years ago

    Arbaugh also revealed that the implant had given him the freedom to pull an all-nighter playing the strategy game Sid Meier’s Civilization 6 - something that he could not have done on his own before the surgery.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/first-human-patient-to-receive-a-neuralink-brain-implant-used-it-to-stay-up-all-night-playing-civilization-6/ar-BB1kDmCI

    This is the kind of use case for neuralink that I’m okay with.

    • AlolanYoda@mander.xyz
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      3 months ago

      I’m glad they’re having success, but this is not a use case for neuralink. It’s a use case for brain-computer interfaces in general. Research in BCIs is ongoing and a very relevant topic of research, but usually research institutes can’t indiscriminately kill monkeys for this. I am very excited about this tech (my PhD is tangentially related to it) but wish it was being developed by literally any research institute not owned by Musk

      • skyler@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Agreed. Plus the animal testing is bad.

        I’m hopeful that the tech won’t be abused because it’s life changing for those that need it.

        • Julian@lemm.eeEnglish
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          3 months ago

          It’s the tech industry, and it’s Elon Musk. It will be abused. It’s not a matter of if, it’s just a question of what horrible way they’ll misuse this for profit.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    3 months ago

    I’m glad Neuralink has developed such essential technology. I can’t think of a better use of a brain implant than not sleeping and playing Civilization.