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This is fucked. If true, the entire company needs to be shut down and investigated for animal cruelty. What’s the value proposition here? Who even needs their s

This is fucked. If true, the entire company needs to be shut down and investigated for animal cruelty. What’s the value proposition here? Who even needs their supposed products? Musk is clearly a sociopath with complete disregard for human or animal wellbeing.

wmichelin 4y ago
In no way am I advocating for the way they have treated animals, in fact I am a vegetarian myself and I hate killing or harming animals. "Who even needs their supposed products"? If they deliver the technology they are supposedly building, they'll cure blindness, quadriplegia, and shepherd in the genesis of cyborgs. Based on Elon's track record, they'll probably never deliver anything, but to pretend that nobody wants their products is ridiculous.
- spiderice 4y ago
  > Based on Elon's track record, they'll probably never deliver anything How is this at all based on his track record? Are we just going to ignore Tesla and SpaceX? They're both the most valuable car and space companies in the world.
- yreg 4y ago
  Based on Elon's track record, they should promise the impossible and then either fail or deliver it late. Which is a pretty good track record.
memish 4y ago
If you were blind or paralyzed you might have a more nuanced opinion.
- fzeroracer 4y ago
  Neuralink is not the first BCI nor is it the last, and it's not even focused on solving blindness or paralysis. The actual goal which Musk has stated multiple times has nothing to do with either of those things; it's merely a means to an end to try and push forward with shoddy research.
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  - memish 4y ago
    It's the first thing they are focused on solving. They showed this in last week's presentation.
jackmott 4y ago
namlem 4y ago
OK but first let's shut down the factory farms killing 10000x the number of animals, and not even for the benefit medical science.
- xenospn 4y ago
  Agreed
beeboop 4y ago
> What’s the value proposition here? Who even needs their supposed products? Are you joking? Have you spent literally any amount of time reading about Neuralink and what they're aiming to do in their first phase of work? Literally millions of people with a wide variety of physical disabilities could have their lives radically changed with this technology.

wmichelin 4y ago

In no way am I advocating for the way they have treated animals, in fact I am a vegetarian myself and I hate killing or harming animals. "Who even needs their supposed products"? If they deliver the technology they are supposedly building, they'll cure blindness, quadriplegia, and shepherd in the genesis of cyborgs. Based on Elon's track record, they'll probably never deliver anything, but to pretend that nobody wants their products is ridiculous.

spiderice 4y ago
> Based on Elon's track record, they'll probably never deliver anything How is this at all based on his track record? Are we just going to ignore Tesla and SpaceX? They're both the most valuable car and space companies in the world.
yreg 4y ago
Based on Elon's track record, they should promise the impossible and then either fail or deliver it late. Which is a pretty good track record.

memish 4y ago

If you were blind or paralyzed you might have a more nuanced opinion.

fzeroracer 4y ago
Neuralink is not the first BCI nor is it the last, and it's not even focused on solving blindness or paralysis. The actual goal which Musk has stated multiple times has nothing to do with either of those things; it's merely a means to an end to try and push forward with shoddy research.
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- memish 4y ago
  It's the first thing they are focused on solving. They showed this in last week's presentation.

jackmott 4y ago

namlem 4y ago

OK but first let's shut down the factory farms killing 10000x the number of animals, and not even for the benefit medical science.

xenospn 4y ago
Agreed

beeboop 4y ago

> What’s the value proposition here? Who even needs their supposed products? Are you joking? Have you spent literally any amount of time reading about Neuralink and what they're aiming to do in their first phase of work? Literally millions of people with a wide variety of physical disabilities could have their lives radically changed with this technology.