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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"We've got now three humans with Neuralinks implanted and they're all working well," Musk said

I thought the first one had more or less stopped working.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It did. Work well -> not officially dead yet

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I can't help but imagine a rotting body that the chip is just allowing to be remote controlled as they Weekend at Bernie's it around PR events.

"They're fine, see!"

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Corporate-sponsored zombie apocalypse you say?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

More like the plot to Tim Burton's Batman Forever.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

An army of cybernetic penguins?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I'm pretty sure the opposite is what's true. The neural links degrade over time and the implant loses the ability to function.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Wasn't he in one of the demoed robots a few months back?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That's not true at all, that guy even wants a second one implanted for even more functionality, and he's extremely happy with it.

a bunch of threads retracted but it still works, plus it seems they fixed that for future ones

edit: guys look i know elon musk bad but these are really the facts http://youtube.com/watch?v=Xlv4biIY6JI