“asked if Neuralink would perform another surgery to fix or replace the implant, but the company declined”
Evidence whether the company saw them as a person, or felt any ethical obligation…
It’s an interesting era when an organization can have a single user, and choose to leave that single user with 85% of the promised functionality no longer functional. But is happily pursuing it’s second user.
Actually, 85% retracted but the remaining 15% seems barelly receive signals. It is even worse
While it sounds a like a dick move, there probably was a reason they would prefer other patients. Maybe it’s more risky to do surgery second time? I don’t really blame them for this one, their goal is to take best steps to develop technology before they make it widespread and really functional. I blame them for all of those animals death though.
there probably was a reason they would prefer other patients.
yeah, they fucked up on this one and want a new test subject.
I mean yes. They wouldn’t be part of a study of two different tests were tried or even the same test install twice.
Yeah. I also can think of lots of reasonable reasons, but if those were the real reasons, the company should still be making commitments and plans with their first user…
The healthy stuff sounds like: “We intend X follow up procedure, but it needs to follow Y precaution.”
Hell, even companies that have no intention to help usually take the time to lie and claim that they do.
Implant it in musk. He is a superhuman genius, he can handle it.
Agreed.
Presumably, the person who volunteered knew all the risks and implications, so you can shit all you want on their decisions but that’s how trials work. There’s no promises of you coming out with a functional product.
It’s a pretty big presumption that Elon Musk is providing transparent and accurate information to consumers about a technology he’s hoping to sell. While I’d agree with the premise normally, he’s kind of a known bad actor at this point. I’m a pretty firm believer in informed consent for this kinda stuff, I just don’t see much reason to trust Musk is willing to fully inform someone of the limitations, constraints or risks involved in anything he has a personal stake in. If you aren’t informed, you can’t provide consent.
Dude was not a consumer, it was a volunteer, a big difference. And, as far as I know, they follow the required protocols for these types of trials. Everything else is speculation.
In an interview with the Journal, Neuralink’s first patient, 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh, opened up about the roller-coaster experience. “I was on such a high and then to be brought down that low. It was very, very hard,” Arbaugh said. “I cried.” He initially asked if Neuralink would perform another surgery to fix or replace the implant, but the company declined, telling him it wanted to wait for more information…
