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Elon Musk’s Neuralink reports trouble with first human brain chip (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The first invasive brain chip that Neuralink embedded into a human brain has malfunctioned, with neuron-surveilling threads appearing to have become dislodged from the participant's brain, the company revealed in a blog post Wednesday.

It's unclear what caused the threads to become "retracted" from the brain, how many have retracted, or if the displaced threads pose a safety risk. Neuralink, the brain-computer interface startup run by controversial billionaire Elon Musk, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Ars. The company said in its blog post that the problem began in late February, but it has since been able to compensate for the lost data to some extent by modifying its algorithm.

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[–] gardylou@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How is this shit legal? Like, why is any company allowed to willy nilly fuck around with trying to implant computer chips into human brains?

[–] Alimentar@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Through consent. The guy probably either has terminal illness and is happy to contribute to research or is completely paralysed, that an operation like this could benefit both parties.

It's an agreement and I'm sure the risks are expressed to the individual.

[–] gardylou@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I'm saying the continued misuse of technology for unnecessary and dangerous purposes can be considered a threat to public health and safety in the long term. For far too long we have identified risks of certain technology, especially in the hands of amoral alt-whites like Musk (he spent $44 billion to amplify neo-nazis for fuck sake), but shrugged our shoulders at the idea of regulating or banning dangerous technology. I want to challenge people to envision a world where we don't have to tolerate shit like this.