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So the Neuralink patient's implant is already failing. (www.popsci.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Magician@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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I'm not surprised given the person in charge, but I still feel bad for the guy. Being almost completely paralyzed, it makes total sense to jump at the chance to get some normalcy back.

I didn't expect 85% of the wires to already detach at this point. In a just society, the whole company would be shut down and the CEO put into a bottomless pit.

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[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 106 points 10 months ago

Could cybernetic implants be done safely and responsibly? It's quite possible.

Will cybernetic implants ever be done safely and responsibly under capitalism? Hell no.

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 24 points 10 months ago

Your augs will play ads at random times unless you buy the premium upgrade. And they will play ads in your dreams

[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 29 points 10 months ago

Dreams are basically the only place left capitalism hasn't colonized (sorry curry-space , SpaceX ruined that one). If they ever found a way to inject car insurance and fast food commercials into my dreams, I might actually adventure-time