Elon Musk unveils pig with computer chip in brain
Last edited Sat Aug 29, 2020, 04:12 PM - Edit history (1)
Source: The Hil
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk on Friday showcased pigs with computer brain chips during his unveiling of Neuralink, an upcoming technology aiming to bring symbiosis between artificial intelligence and the human brain.
The live showcase involved displaying real-time neural signals from one of the pigs, which Musk named Gertrude, CNBC reported.
Musk said the process for installing a Neuralink in a human brain would be an hour-long operation that is no more invasive than LASIK eye surgery, inserting a coin-sized device into the skull that would leave a tiny scar after the electrodes are inserted in the brain.
He likened the technology to being essentially a "Fitbit in your skull."
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/514255-elon-musk-unveils-pig-with-computer-chip-in-brain
The conspiracy theories write themselves,..
Alacritous Crier
(3,807 posts)for v. 10.6 before getting one of these.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)reggaehead
(269 posts)He is a modern day robber-baron
LogicFirst
(571 posts)bucolic_frolic
(42,679 posts)This is animal abuse of the first order.
StarryNite
(9,366 posts)It makes me sick.
Raine
(30,540 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,273 posts)pazzyanne
(6,519 posts)Kaiserguy
(740 posts)Perhaps Putin beat Musk to the punch by several years. Remember what all of those good American Republicans visited Russia over the 4th of July maybe they also got Putin special treatment. LOL
PatrickforO
(14,516 posts)Perhaps Trump DOES have an oligarch chip.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)PatrickforO
(14,516 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)Thanks for acknowledging.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)dweller
(23,562 posts)The Fortunate Fall by Raphael Carter
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fortunate_Fall_(novel)
✌🏼
Grokenstein
(5,707 posts)...I fully expected a censored cartoon of Elon with Trump's dick in his ear. But he's actually going full Frankenstein, huh?
Thanks, but I don't need a "Fitbit in my skull." It'll be interesting to see how the redcap tinhats react, though. They think Bill Gates wants to use vaccinations to implant chips in people; now Elon wants people to pay for the privilege.
Ztolkins
(429 posts)You should google it. If what is being claimed actually come true, this'll be a game-changer.
2naSalit
(86,072 posts)Now I'm far beyond disgusted.
packman
(16,296 posts)It's all about the chip in their little mini-brains.
Bayard
(21,806 posts)I think I've seen this movie.
I would say, if they are announcing the work on pigs, they're already testing it on humans.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)RainCaster
(10,691 posts)Kali
(54,990 posts)Grammy23
(5,808 posts)However, I worked for a non-profit organization serving people with seizure disorders, such as epilepsy. My first thought was of the medical use of such a device to help control seizures for those that medication cant help or the medication side effects are too severe. It could be a game changer for some of those people.
You may now return to your discussion of the nefarious ways it can be used.
PatrickforO
(14,516 posts)I hear it. So, do you think we as a species will be wise enough to refrain from 'nefarious uses' if this application proves successful? And please understand, I'm not cutting you down - I agree this could be a game changer.
But then, in this world of end stage capitalism, and our 'profit over people' mentality based on the shareholder primacy doctrine, if they actually developed such a chip, would most of us be priced out of access to it?
For example, on the ground even now, my friends report that COVID tests, are free, but the LAB COSTS are astronomical - several people with whom I've spoken use the term 'sticker shock,' - a real capitalist gouge.
I'm thinking until we are able to successfully get rid of our greed and lust for power, our technology will always, sadly, far exceed our wisdom. When I look at Elon Musk, 'wisdom' is not the first word that comes to mind.
Hekate
(90,202 posts)OnlinePoker
(5,702 posts)Controlling exoskeletons to allow people to become mobile. There are non-invasive technologies out there that do something similar now, but I think direct control via brain function would be a better way to go.
PatrickforO
(14,516 posts)In the words Jeff Goldblum spoke as Dr. Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park, "Just because you could do something doesn't mean you should."
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)He turned into a fly once.
PatrickforO
(14,516 posts)LOL
jmowreader
(50,453 posts)...liberals, non-Christians, LGBTQ, and anyone else they dont like, theyll try to mandate its installation.
But the right people will be exempt, of course. One Trump tattoo = no brain control chip.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)We don't have as much available space as they do.
rurallib
(62,346 posts)Initech
(99,915 posts)paleotn
(17,781 posts)I think Elon got a hold of some bad weed.
RandiFan1290
(6,206 posts)olddad65
(599 posts)That the Russians installed.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,283 posts)Woodwizard
(834 posts)Terminal man comes to mind. Good writer too bad he was a climate change denier.
csziggy
(34,120 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,651 posts)Toin idup.
roamer65
(36,739 posts)Javaman
(62,444 posts)It reads, get this fucking chip out of my head
roamer65
(36,739 posts)Please dont turn me into bacon.
Tom Yossarian Joad
(19,211 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,035 posts)We've had him as president for almost four years!
Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)Trump has a potato chip for a brain.
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)This is how Daleks were created, back the 1970s-80's version of Dr. Who?
EndlessWire
(6,377 posts)There is a true story about a pig worth hearing:
A woman owned a pig, who lived with her in a house. The house had a dog door so the pig could come and go as it pleased into the yard.
One day, the woman had either a stroke or a heart attack (can't remember.) She was unconscious on the floor. The pig went through the dog door, and went to the front near the street.
When a car came along, the pig went into the street and lay down in front of the car. The driver got out, whereupon the pig got up and slowly walked away, with the driver following him. In that manner, the pig brought a human to discover the downed woman, and the woman was saved.
Let them get a human volunteer for the neurolink testing. Pay them a lot of money to be a tester. Leave the pigs alone.
maxrandb
(15,193 posts)GoneOffShore
(17,309 posts)Oh, and click on the comment thread - there are some hilarious takes on this.
For those who don't know - The Register is a UK based publication on IT with a distinctly irreverent feel.
https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/29/neuralink_pig_brain_interface/