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What beneficial purpose are you exactly talking about here? From what I've read, the science to make the products Neuralink is working on feasible is still deca
by FiberBundle 4y ago
What beneficial purpose are you exactly talking about here? From what I've read, the science to make the products Neuralink is working on feasible is still decades away, according to most neuroscientists. Attainability of those goals should be a primary factor when deciding whether experimenting on animals, especially highly developed animals such as monkeys, is reasonable.
- didericis 4y agoThe beneficial purposes are improving prosthetics. And the only thing that makes those goals attainable and products better is experimentation. If they are needlessly experimenting and making no progress, that’d be tragic, and comparable to existing tragedies that happen in labs all over the world. The timing, intended audience, and flavor of the criticism suggests this is much less about any ethical breaches and much more about reigning in someone who is perceived to be breaking out of bureaucratic control.