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• Fapper_McFapper@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Betcha he took a shower and forgot to put it in shower mode.

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  • Assman@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    DO NOT WASH YOUR BRAIN IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT

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    • Fapper_McFapper@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Of fuck, you just reminded me of that commercial. HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD! HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!

      Thanks Obama!

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• ivanafterall@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  The company said in its blog post that the problem began in late February, but it has since been able to compensate for the lost data to some extent by modifying its algorithm.

  Because that's what people are worried about: THE LOST DATA.

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  • Maeve@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Can you imagine the marketing value?

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    • credo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      The blog is obviously targeted towards advertisers. The future looks amazing and full of possibilities. Just think about how your 8 hours of sleep alone could be turned into product placement opportunities for nestle.

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  • mhague@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    When a computer reads some signal, the 0s and 1s in it’s memory is the data. The data must be processed so that the computer can understand it.

    This computer is using threads to read neuron activity. It must necessarily receive data because if it didn’t it wouldn’t be reading neuron activity. They’re the same thing.

    This data is processed so that the computer can make sense of the brain. Once it understands some activity it generates signals that can control external devices.

    Here’s another example. Imagine a device that monitors the heart and does something to fix a problem. The device would get data on the heart and process the data so that it can perform it’s function.

    Wouldn’t monitoring health concerns and mitigating data loss be extremely important in these scenarios?

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    • Maven@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      The point is that this is the opening paragraph about something going wrong in human brain surgery, and the first thing they tell us is “don’t worry, the data’s fine”, rather than anything about the human.

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  • lurch@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    confused Data from Star Trek answering an antique phone sitting in a strange cabinet in his belly

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  • blazeknave@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    TY! My first thought was he was this poor sweet guy who just wanted to play Civ and fell for this grifter

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• Raxiel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Have they tried firing most of the neurons, keeping only the most hardcore?

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• Grass@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I can’t believe anyone willingly got this after the monkey testing thing. They have to be taking advantage of people not fit to make decisions for themselves.

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  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    The patient became quadriplegia in a car accident, I wouldn’t call it unfit for decisions but definitely desperate to find a sense of normalcy.

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    • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Guy has nothing left to lose really, I don’t blame him for taking this risk considering I would strongly consider it myself

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    • Grass@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Not many options I guess. Sucks to have to gamble on the crazy billionaire with a lot of faulty shit.

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    • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I thought the goal was to reconnect the brain to the spinal cord though.

      But dude is still stuck in a wheelchair, and so far it’s basically been just a fancy experimental mouse cursor? Installed in his brain? And already failing?..

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    • Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Wait, is that what these brain chips are for? Well now I can’t hate on them as much as I used to if they’re meant to help people learn how to walk again. I thought it was just supposed to help you process thoughts more quickly or something, like a math coprocessor in an old 90s PC.

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  • MeanEYE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I can believe people took up on this offer. As the saying goes drowning man will reach for straws. Issue is they probably oversold reliability and safety.

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• venoft@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I don’t know which company I would trust developing my brain implant, but it sure as hell isn’t Tesla. Their software and hardware history is less than stellar.

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  • tektite@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It’s ok, there’s still other companies to choose from. Twitter can develop your brain implant instead!

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    • beebarfbadger@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Have you considered upgrading to the Ultra Premium Deluxe Version? For just 99.99- a month, you can actually use what you bought!

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  • 65gmexl3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I mean it’s too early to trust anyone with this new technology

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  • el_abuelo@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    For stellar technology you need to go to SpaceX. You’ve been shopping at the wrong Musk store.

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    • Emerald@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Musk store

      don’t give him ideas

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    • CuttingBoard@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Will Yankee Candle Company have a delightful smelling implant for me? Hmmm I wonder what Cracker Barrel will come up with. The future is here, and it smells amazing.

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  • allcretansareliars@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It’s all very well having a Tesla implant, until you stop at a junction and your brain catches fire.

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    • beebarfbadger@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It’s fiiiiine, I wouldn’t want a stupid brain chip that’s NOT on fire anyway. Looks much cooler and I bet that’s just how Daddy Elon planned it to be.

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• Apytele@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Oh god I was worried they killed him horribly this is actually probably fine and almost an expected setback.

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  • LarryTheMatador@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

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    • Apytele@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      For a technology that could someday help a quadriplegic interact with the world fully and independently again I’m willing to tolerate some hitches. There’s a reason they didn’t pick some walkie talkie for their first human trial, and there’s a reason that kid looked motherucking hyped to have brand new technology that he’s the first human to even try installed directly into his fucking brain. The problem is abled people thinking this is fundamentally for them. Bby no, they’re trying to help people walk again, even if the legs are robots. You’re looking at the wrong risk-benefit profile.

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• Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?

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  • popekingjoe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    The same thing we do every night Pinky.

    TRY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD

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• Thrashy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Well, that’ll happen if you don’t take your Neuropozyne. Their test subject should have budgeted for that before getting augmented.

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• Apeman42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Image

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• TomMasz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  No one could have predicted this totally predictable situation.

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• SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Honestly surprised he didn’t just run into a wall

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  • Maeve@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    "Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage..."

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• Thann@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  If only someone could have predicted

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• TacticsConsort@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Well… that’s probably the most expected thing to ever be expected. It was never a matter of ‘if’, it was a matter of when.

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• gardylou@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  How is this shit legal? Like, why is any company allowed to willy nilly fuck around with trying to implant computer chips into human brains?

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  • Alimentar@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Through consent. The guy probably either has terminal illness and is happy to contribute to research or is completely paralysed, that an operation like this could benefit both parties.

    It’s an agreement and I’m sure the risks are expressed to the individual.

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    • gardylou@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m saying the continued misuse of technology for unnecessary and dangerous purposes can be considered a threat to public health and safety in the long term. For far too long we have identified risks of certain technology, especially in the hands of amoral alt-whites like Musk (he spent $44 billion to amplify neo-nazis for fuck sake), but shrugged our shoulders at the idea of regulating or banning dangerous technology. I want to challenge people to envision a world where we don’t have to tolerate shit like this.

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• over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Just another rapid disassembly, nothing to see here…

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• Entropywins@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  This technology is amazing. I hope this turns out well for the volunteer.

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• ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Hmm, turns out the human body doesn’t like to be tampered with! Who could have predicted this? I’m sure this is akin to organ rejection but I’m definitely surprised that the brain has these kinds of mechanisms. Maybe to defend against ancient parasites?

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• autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  This is the best summary I could come up with:

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  Neuralink, the brain-computer interface startup run by controversial billionaire Elon Musk, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Ars.

  The goal is for the threads to be placed near neurons of interest so that signals detected by the electrodes can be recorded and decoded into intended actions, such as moving a cursor on a computer screen.

  On January 28, the company announced that it has surgically implanted its brain-computer interface into its first clinical trial participant, 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh, who developed quadriplegia after a 2016 diving accident.

  It remains unclear why the threads moved from their placement, but one hypothesis that sources told the Journal is that there was air trapped inside Arbaugh’s skull after the surgery, a condition called pneumocephalus.

  However, the company reported that the retraction of the threads lowered his bits-per-second (BPS) rate, which is used to measure how quickly and accurately a patient with an implant can control a computer cursor.

  The Journal reported that the company has told the Food and Drug Administration—which regulates clinical trials and granted approval for Neuralink to test its device in humans—that it believes it has fixes for the problem.

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