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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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[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 points 9 months ago

See how I picked specific, more recent examples? Ones where OSHA existed?

That's the difference. You can't just damn the whole tech tree because the primitive precursor came about during WW2.

The turing architecture, which laid the groundwork for everything, wasn't even about war - it came from a man who was aiming far over the horizon, and used code breaking to fund his dream. His dream was a true AI.

Same with the rocket - it wasn't created to kill, it became a tool of death first because that's how it was funded.

We can do technology safely. Capitalism and war are both just incentives to do it recklessly. They also shape the form it takes, usually not for the better

I don't know why you're saying technology is responsible for war deaths either... The war drives the technology, not the other way around. Technology changes society and changes war, but you can have both with stagnant technology. At worst, technology magnifies the scale we act on, but it's not the source.

Technology comes from people who like to push limits. If you give the right type of people the resources they need, they'll create it.

I've watched plenty of YouTube videos about the development of tech. It's interesting, but I prefer the YouTubers who push the limits in their garage... Especially the things that exist but aren't economically viable, like paint that passively cools or diy algae bioreactors

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Where did I damn all tech?

I just pointed out that tech doesn't exist in a vacuum.

It doesn't matter how noble the first rocketeers were, their toys ended up as weapons.

The existence of OSHA proves my point; we only got OSHA because things were so bad that workers started forming Unions, and the Unions had the power to force the government to start protecting the workers.

If you actually watched the video you'd see what I am saying.

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