this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2026
109 points (98.2% liked)

Progressive Politics

4094 readers
926 users here now

Welcome to Progressive Politics! A place for news updates and political discussion from a left perspective. Conservatives and centrists are welcome just try and keep it civil :)

(Sidebar still a work in progress post recommendations if you have them such as reading lists)

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

The world’s richest man is obsessed with putting Neuralink chips in people’s brains and integrating their minds with AI. He can’t be trusted with this technology.

all 28 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 64 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They're gonna test it on concentration camp internees.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

💀

I hate how entirely possible that scenario is

[–] hector@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago

They will be working on courts to make brain chip implants conditions of parole, if not conditions of bail.

Our courts are fascist enough, hate the undesirables enough, and are as cravenly devoted to the powerful of society to enthusiastically do it too. Prosecutors and judges, we have all the wrong people in charge.

[–] Armand1@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Don’t Let Elon Musk Implant a Device in Your Skull

He can't be trusted

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

That said, I can understand the draw for people who have disabilities who would benefit from these tools. It could be life changing.

It's sad that society seems to rely on insane billionaires to move science forward over properly funded state healthcare and research.

The immediate result of this overdrive was roughly 1,500 dead animals, either killed directly by Neuralink’s experiments or euthanized afterward.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but "move fast and break things" is being taken very literally in Musk's companies, even when those things are living things.

We'd heard of the bypassing regulations too, like around pollution and planning when building AI server farms, and that's fully present here.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can understand the draw for people who have disabilities who would benefit from these tools. It could be life changing.

But we're talking about AI here. And AI simply isn't there yet, It should stay within the constraints of IT laboratories for at least another 10 years. But...

Musk is no longer content with healing the sick and injured. (edit: or helping the disabled)

Suddenly, we’re talking about a third-party brain implant with access to all of your thoughts and imagination.

We think that it's actually possible to (...) speak to the latest AI model, or LLM models, at the speed of thought

What Seo is describing here is a form of ChatGPT (or more accurately Grok, Musk’s anti-woke version) implanted directly in your brain. It’s hard to imagine a more pointless technology

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are you kidding? It's super useful. How else will you correct unvoiced thoughts and punish those who think differently

[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

There is an epidemic of wrongthink going around that's true.

[–] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Streaming music directly into the brain sounds like a recipe for migraines. Unfamiliar auditory signals are exhausting at least for the deaf/hard of hearing

[–] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It would be interesting to experience once but I think it would be uncomfortable or even disorienting in the long run. Like tinnitus but with a beat.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 week ago

a form of ChatGPT (or more accurately Grok, Musk’s anti-woke version) implanted directly in your brain. It’s hard to imagine a more pointless technology

I'd say sinister technology very soon. All together now!

Do Not Make The Torment Nexus.

[–] Poppa_Mo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

What happened to the dude that already has one? He get euthanized too?

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago
[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

Always good advice. No matter the person or group really. Just don't let anyone implant a device in your skull and you will rarely if ever make a bad decision in this regard.