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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] 51 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

I still can't forget the Monkeys.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 8 months ago (2 children)

JFC

Additional veterinary reports show the condition of a female monkey called “Animal 15” during the months leading up to her death in March 2019. Days after her implant surgery, she began to press her head against the floor for no apparent reason; a symptom of pain or infection, the records say. Staff observed that though she was uncomfortable, picking and pulling at her implant until it bled, she would often lie at the foot of her cage and spend time holding hands with her roommate. Animal 15 began to lose coordination, and staff observed that she would shake uncontrollably when she saw lab workers. Her condition deteriorated for months until the staff finally euthanized her. A necropsy report indicates that she had bleeding in her brain and that the Neuralink implants left parts of her cerebral cortex “focally tattered.”

So they fuckin shredded the poor girl's brain.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That’s heartbreaking.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

Yeah. Gut wrenching too.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

To think humans cause such pain to other sentient beings due to hubris...

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago

I don't find it shocking in the slightest. Someone like Musk would happily burn everything down if it meant he'd get his own way.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’m wondering how this got IRB approval. I’ve had to get it before and it’s not easy. From the sounds of everything everyone involved needs to have a lifetime ban on animal or human testing.

[–] FilterItOut 2 points 8 months ago

"IRB? What's that?"

-Elon Musk and researchers being told what to say

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

Damn... I've heard that it was bad but I've never read it until now...

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

Wait til you find out about animal testing at large.

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

Fall of the house of usher shit 💔