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Elon Musk wants to merge humans with AI. How many brains will be damaged along the way?(www.vox.com)

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qyron@sopuli.xyz
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Leave the brains alone.

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_number8_@lemmy.worldOP
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another smaller horror of this is: there will 1000% be ads. zero percent chance there will not be ads. even worse, people will be understandably reticent about ads at first, and services will be advertised without ads. then they’ll become subscriptions with ads. just like everything else.

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1001834788037128193

advertising is cancer.

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AggressivelyPassive@feddit.de
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(he)adblocker

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Fester@lemm.ee
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For your comfort and convenience, this update deactivates the part of your brain that makes you think you dislike advertisements, among other bug fixes and improvements.

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SuperDuper@lemmy.world
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then they’ll become subscriptions with ads

The credit card on file has expired, please update your payment information within 72 hours or you will lose access to your brain function.

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ackzsel@kbin.social
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The function of an ad is to manipulate your behavior. If an implant can do this directly ads aren’t needed anymore.

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Sudomeapizza@lemm.ee
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It’ll just be WallE all over again!

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Miclux@lemmings.world
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Regarding the brain damage, it looks like he tested it by himself.

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db2@sopuli.xyz
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He’s a genius though, he’d obviously go at night when it’s dark and cooler.

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squiblet@kbin.social
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They got ‘bid adieu’ to the birds, though. Bird wasn’t cool and edgy enough for Elron. He’d prefer a jet pack.

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ArtVandelay@lemmy.world
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Icky-rus Elon

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smallaubergine@kbin.social
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Unfortunately the damage has been on the animals. https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-pcrm-neuralink-monkey-deaths/

Funny that the very long vox article doesn’t mention the wired investigation

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YashaB@lemmy.world
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and it worked like a charm…

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alienanimals@lemmy.world
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Downvote Musk spam.

The billionaire doesn’t need your help ensuring him and his businesses stay in the 24 hour news cycle. Don’t be a useful idiot.

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Gamoc@lemmy.world
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Just try be clear, you’re saying this article that suggests Elon musk will literally physically destroy people’s actual real brains in search of profit after similarly murdering hundreds of monkeys is promoting him?

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jtk@lemmy.sdf.org
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I’m all for promoting the shit out of this. The more idiots that kill themselves signing up, the better off we all are.

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ram@bookwormstory.social
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Downvote Elon Musk spam spam.

The billionaire doesn’t need a PR team to downplay his outright foolishness. Don’t be a useful idiot.

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darq@kbin.social
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If you are allowing a company that Elon Musk of all people is involved in to operate on your head, maybe the damage has already been done.

I’m all for transhumanism, and I sincerely hope that the people who are hopeful for Neuralink to be therapeutic for their condition find some relief. But nobody should trust anything Elon Musk touches with their brain.

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