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The Gruesome Story of How Neuralink’s Monkeys Actually Died (12ft.io)
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Elon Musk says no primates died as a result of Neuralink’s implants. A WIRED investigation now reveals the grisly specifics of their deaths as US authorities have been asked to investigate Musk’s claims.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think a big aspect is going to be disability. I don't think any able bodied people are going to be rushing to get this in their skull, but if I had full body paralysis? Fuck it, why not. Well, aside from then supporting these horrible practices and essentially torture on those poor monkeys...