50 points

Obligatory “What could possibly go wrong? /s”

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For that thing that killed hundreds of monkeys? Yeah, sounds like a great plan.

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“only” 15-17 monkeys, but thousands of other animals, insanely depressing. the more you read about it, the more you will start to actually believe that the death of one particular primate could indeed be beneficial for humanity …

On several occasions over the years, Musk has told employees to imagine they had a bomb strapped to their heads in an effort to get them to move faster, according to three sources who repeatedly heard the comment. On one occasion a few years ago, Musk told employees he would trigger a “market failure” at Neuralink unless they made more progress, a comment perceived by some employees as a threat to shut down operations, according to a former staffer who heard his comment. Five people who’ve worked on Neuralink’s animal experiments told Reuters they had raised concerns internally. They said they had advocated for a more traditional testing approach, in which researchers would test one element at a time in an animal study and draw relevant conclusions before moving on to more animal tests. Instead, these people said, Neuralink launches tests in quick succession before fixing issues in earlier tests or drawing complete conclusions. The result: More animals overall are tested and killed, in part because the approach leads to repeated tests. One former employee who asked management several years ago for more deliberate testing was told by a senior executive it wasn’t possible given Musk’s demands for speed, the employee said. Two people told Reuters they left the company over concerns about animal research.

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33 points

Is there no government oversight for “Uhh no you aren’t?”

Given the recent animal testing results this seems like assisted suicide

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4 points

There was, they were not initially approved.

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32 points

Ole Musky should step up and prove how safe it is. If he gets one, I’ll definitely get one.

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19 points

One implant to rule them all, one implant to find them, One implant to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them

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16 points

He behaves like he already has one.

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13 points

Oh shit, what if the purchase of Twitter, change to X, etc…etc…is all due to brain implant side effects… Someone get this conspiracy going!

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2 points

So then the thing that killed the monkeys was the smelling their smug farts all day? It all makes sense now…

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1 point

He thinks we’re living in a simulation.

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30 points

Lol this guy can’t even make a car that doesn’t kill someone or have a bumper that doesn’t fall off

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I shudder to think what the human equivalent of “fully autonomous driving” or a launchpad explosion looks like.

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7 points

Or even the human equivalent of a bumper falling off.

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All cars kill people. Don’t Tesla’s have a pretty decent safety rating?

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Okay, instead of posting rage bait can you show me that more people are dying in/from Tesla’s then other vehicles per mile driven?

And just to be clear, I don’t own a car. Nor do I care for Teslas. But you can’t claim it’s a dangerous car while not comparing it to the rest of the industry. Cars in general are really fucking unsafe.

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