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Comment on Neuralink's first in-human brain implant has experienced a problem, company says

retrospectology@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Again, the person’s desperation is a key here, this technology is targeted at people who are potentially willing to try anything even if it comes with risk.

That isn’t the same sort of consent I have as someone who isn’t paralyzed and just think it’d be cool to control my garage door with my brain or something. I’m not under the same pressure.

If I mix a bunch of laundry chemicals and bill it as a miracle cure for cancer, and then target vulnerable people willing to try anything because they are stage 4, that doesn’t excuse me of my reckless disregard for safety or to use those people as experiments.

Musk’s company wants to get this tech into human beings as quickly as possible even if it’s underdeveloped and potentially unsafe because Musk’s priority is not really about helping people.

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antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Are you suggesting that the FDA gave Neuralink special treatment in the approval process? Or are you suggesting that the government should specifically shut down anything Musk tries to do, like SpaceX?

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- retrospectology@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That or Musk’s org lied, misrepresented their progress or found loop holes in the regulation process, yes.
  
  It’s pretty obvious from its immediate failure that it was not ready.
  
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  - antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I don’t think it’s obvious at all. This is a sample size of one, and it is still working after 3 months.
    
    Globally, a staggering 310 million major surgeries are performed each year; around 40 to 50 million in USA and 20 million in Europe. It is estimated that 1–4% of these patients will die, up to 15% will have serious postoperative morbidity, and 5–15% will be readmitted within 30 days. An annual global mortality of around 8 million patients places major surgery comparable with the leading causes of death from cardiovascular disease and stroke, cancer and injury. If surgical complications were classified as a pandemic, like HIV/AIDS or coronavirus (COVID-19), developed countries would work together and devise an immediate action plan and allocate resources to address it.
    
    www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7388795/
    
    Implants are rejected by the immune system. Stents fail. Hip and joint replacements fail. Does that mean we shouldn’t do them?
    
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