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Elon lied about the monkeys — and he shouldn't be trusted to put his Neuralink chips in human brains. (aus.social)

submitted 10 months ago by ajsadauskas@aus.social to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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Elon lied about the monkeys — and he shouldn't be trusted to put his Neuralink chips in human brains.

"They are claiming they are going to put a safe device on the market, and that's why you should invest," Ryan Merkley at the Physicians Committee, told Wired. "And we see his lie as a way to whitewash what happened in these exploratory studies."

Really heartbreaking reading what happened to the monkeys.

People quite rightly think of Elizabeth Holmes as a fraud for making false medical claims about what the Theranos machines could do. So why aren't Elon's claims at Neuralink being held to the same level of scrutiny?

https://futurism.com/neoscope/terrible-things-monkeys-neuralink-implants

@technology #Elon #Neuralink #ElonMusk

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[-] 1847953620@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

I'm not keen on letting people die just to test how much that level of money can minimize consequences

[-] InputZero@lemmy.ml -2 points 10 months ago

I don't think many people are but enough are and they're the ones with political influence. Not to defend Elizabeth Homes but why Elon Musk gets away with it is sexism, and being able to deliver on the odd promise then highlighting that success to cover for his failures. He's done much worse but he's given a pass because he presents the image of a male entrepreneur. Maybe not you or I but enough of those people with political influence are sexist and that's why the hammer came down on Homes. They both deserve to face justice but only one did.

[-] 1847953620@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I'm also certain their gender is the only difference in premises, here.

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