• FaceDeer@fedia.io
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    7 months ago

    …working on the “thought chips” are working on a cure. Or a workaround for the handicap, at least.

    Would you accuse the guy who invented the wheelchair of wasting their time on a fancy mobile lay-z-boy instead of “working on a cure”?

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      7 months ago

      No, I just know how people like Elon Musk think. He thought this was a better investment than research to cure this. I mean, if you haven’t figured it out yet, which it seems like you haven’t, they are using this guy as a PR stunt for the product.

      There was no intention or aim of improving the life of quadriplegic people with this.

      It’s purely a means to an end for Elon Musk. And quiet frankly, people should be scared shitless of having these things inside their head.

      But, it’s a feel good story, so people don’t see the wider implications of the device.