"We can't blow up the first three. That's not an option here," Shivon Zilis, the Neuralink director, told Elon Musk's biographer.

Earlier this year, the US Food and Drug Administration gave Neuralink, which Musk cofounded in 2016, approval to launch human trials of its device that Musk has described as a “Fitbit in your skull.” The FDA had previously rejected Neuralink’s bid for human testing in March over safety concerns, Reuters reported, including that the wires connected to the brain chip could move within a subject’s head or that the chip could overheat.

  • jeffw@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    1 year ago

    “Please track my thoughts and sell the data, daddy Elon!” - the people lining up for this probably

    • Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.deEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      With that chip they won’t need to sell your data, they sell you as entity. And if emperor Elon says clap, then you’ll clap your hands.