Sounds like the brain scanner has dead pixels.
Not totally surprising, I feel bad for the person who was in a desperate enough situation to become a con man narcissist’s guinea pig.
It looks like we’re learning the lesson we already learned back when Bill Gates tried to mess around with the education system and faceplanted; just because billionaires made a bunch of money selling a fancy toaster they invented or whatever, doesn’t make them experts on anything else.
I’d sooner put a bullet on my head than something Elon Musk had a hand in.
No use of your body is a pretty desperate situation. Before the procedure he had to yell for his parents that he wanted to use the computer, they’d come sit him upright and put a joystick in his mouth, leaving him unable to speak. And he was often very uncomfortable in that position, so he couldn’t do it long. Now, he can use the computer fully laying down, without anyone’s help. The next logical step would be to have some robotic helper arms.
Anyway he can’t shoot himself. He can’t hold a gun or anything else. There’s little reason for this to be about Musk at all other than money. This is the culmination of decades of research from many medical professionals. It’s about a lot more than one person.
It’s 100% about Musk, yes, given his pursuit of tech even if it comes at a human cost. It’s a pattern of his specific companies.
What this situation demonstrates is that Musk is pushing the tech ahead before it’s ready and that the person recieving the implant is simply lucky that that negligence and haste hasn’t left them with brain damage or worse.
No one is saying medical devices shouldn’t be developed to help people, I’m saying Musks tech-cult attitude of “move fast and break stuff” should not apply when human lives and well being are involved.
We have billions of spare humans on this planet, no need to worry much.
Before anyone gets too excited: some of their electrodes are no longer able to record a signal from the patient’s brain. They’re reprogramming their software to work with fewer electrodes. No one is being turned into a borg drone.
No one is being turned into a borg drone.
Yet.
A software patch for a hardware failure.
Sounds like what they do at Tesla, too.No one is being turned into a borg drone.
Damn. I finally thought this would be the year :(
Sooo, is there like a certain knuckle-cracking sequence to turn it off and on again or what? Lol
oh huh
just had a moment where I realized that this is a real prelude to SOMA and maybe .hack//SIGN
- although we’re currently seeing the pros and cons for proprietary hardware+software
ooh this is a real bizarre feeling I’m currently having
“We can’t control him and he’s currently on a rampage. We urge all citizens to stay indoors with the doors and windows locked and your curtains or blinds drawn.”
Literally WHO did not see this coming??
Did the fucking chimps begging for death not tip these people off???
Generally the World Health Organization doesn’t make a statement on procedures until results are shown. /s
Did a worm eat it?
