Why in the actual hell are we allowing Elon Musk of all people to put chips in people's brains?
C.R.E.A.M.
There is no we. This country is run by capitalist sociopaths.
I don't care who makes it I'm not putting absolutely proprietary software in my brain
What's the worst that could happen?
I don't understand owning a computer that you don't fully control but using prosthetics that can be remotely disabled? This is why we need true open source GPL brain implants.
This isn’t a prosthetic that was remotely disabled, this is failing hardware that doesn’t have support from the original company which is in the process of going bankrupt.
I get where you’re coming from, and agree. Prosthesis and health devices should absolutely not be remotely controllable by a company. But you can’t really help a company shutting down.
And I highly doubt there are any open source implants which help sure blindness that are ready for prime time.
But still, if the technology is open, then someone may design some compatible replacement hardware. Imagine some makers community rig a replacement for the blind without carrying about profitability.
That’s one aspect, absolutely.
The other side of that coin though, is if you really want random people tinkering with things directly attached to your body, without having a proper way to test beforehand?
These types of devices need to go through testing before they reach human trials for a reason. While I’m happy to trust security of data and even control of my while home to FOSS communities, I honestly don’t know that I’d trust anonymous individuals online with no skin in the game with my literal body.
Yeah, that's a legitimate concern, but letting this technology die along with a dying company is a waste. Imagine it getting brought by some patent trolls who wouldn't do anything with it.
I'm daily driving Linux. And, frankly, for my eye implant, I'll probably buy from apple.
I mean, no, I will buy something else, jailbreak foss it, will have to patch it while being blind from an update, and proudly tell everyone no friggin government will be able to backdoor my eye. But oh boy I'll wish I bought one from apple, cuz those guys never go blind from updates.
Or when you do go blind the ceo will just say you are holding your iEye in the wrong spot.
iBall
What happens if your brain implant is like a phone, and stops getting updates after 2 or so years? That'd suck really bad.
Then I'm jailbreaking my brain implant and installing Linux on it
The bootloaders gonna be locked.
It can only stay locked for so long
Careful not to brick your brain implant.
You gonna open up your brain to flash the ROM?
Probably get a unit w/o having it implanted, modify it, then get it installed unofficially. (Don't ask who or where, because that won't be shared publicly, as it will almost certainly be illegal).
What if it's FOSS
Then it wouldn't be absolutely proprietary
Can't wait to have a stroke because someone put a cryptomining virus on my brainchip.
Why does clicking on this link bring up Google Play lol wtf
Well if musk said it...
I don't believe it.
I hope he himself has it in him. Based on his progressing psychosis it is in his head for some time now.
God speed, guinea pig.
That poor bastard.
Poor is probably what led to it
In Elon’s eyes he’s still testing on animals.
...Which he is.
Was there not some issues with the animal trials last year or am I misremembering?
Nah, your implant should have deleted any record of that happening.
Oh, and don’t worry about calling your lawyer about medical malpractice or anything; after all, we’ve disabled your speech center.
Pump the stocks with buzzwords!
Didn't the animal tests lead to pretty bad deaths? And wasn't that less than a year ago? I can't imagine this going well.
Plus there was the blind-tech that was revealed not too long ago where now that they're bankrupt the group is slowly going blind and worse. I feel like none of this is going to end well.
Install this proprietary app from Google Play or App Store on your Google Android or Apple iPhone certified device to access your stored memories.
Mark of the least
at least the billionaire sub moron believed in his product enough to go down with it.
does this coward have the guts to use his own crap?
If he hasn't gotten an implant when it moves beyond solving medical problems to being a consumer device that an everyday person would be able to buy, that'd be really telling.
But until then that's not how it works. They need approval to do trials on very specific things, such as working with quadriplegics.
We're probably decades away from non trials for only medical purposes.
I want this but with the capability of uploading fake memories. Like in the Arnold Chachanege where he gets fake memories. But without all the violence. I just wanna feel like a million bucks every day. Maybe I'll remember how I made sweet sweet love the night before or something awesome like that.
How'd you like the woman in the red dress?
Musk wants to turn the planet into the same mindless drone he is himself.
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