Maanvi Singh – The Guardian Sept 20, 2023
Elon Musk’s brain-implant startup, Neuralink, said it has received approval from an independent review board to begin recruiting patients for its first human trial. The company is seeking people with paralysis to test its experimental device in a six-year study.
Neuralink is one of several companies developing a brain-computer interface (BCI) that can collect and analyze brain signals. But its billionaire executive’s bombastic promotion of the company, including promises to develop an all-encompassing brain computer to help humans keep up with artificial intelligence, has attracted skepticism and raised ethical concerns among neuroscientists and other experts.
Last year, the Food and Drug Administration denied the company’s request to fast-track human trials, but in May approved Neuralink for an investigational device exemption (IDE) that allows a device to be used for clinical studies. The agency has not disclosed how its initial concerns were resolved.
Neuralink says it is looking for patients with quadriplegia due to vertical spinal cord injury or ALS. Participants will have a BCI surgically implanted using a proprietary robot in a region of the brain that controls movement, with the goal of enabling them to control a computer cursor or a keyboard using just their thoughts. The study will evaluate the safety and functionality of the technology, according to a statement.
The company’s announcement comes months after it received regulatory approval for a trial. Its previous testing in animals is under scrutiny, after reports that trials caused unnecessary suffering. Former employees characterized tests as “hack jobs”, telling Reuters that in one instance, the device was implanted in the wrong position in pigs, leading to their euthanasia.
The allegations triggered several investigations, including inquiry from the Department of Agriculture into animal abuse and the Department of Transportation over mishandling of biohazardous materials across state lines.
The company did not respond immediately to queries about when and where the trial will be conducted, or how many participants it will involve. If its device proves safe for human use, it could still take decades before it is cleared for patients outside the trial.
Reuters contributed reporting
although a lot of people took it seriously the internet stories of Tony Blair having a
monkeys brain swap
was a hoax
no truth in it as all
some folk will belive anything
look at that natzi twat carl jones
Legalized lobotomies once again. What could possibly go wrong?
Musk = Yid
Only thicko sheeple will fall for this crap. But they are many unfortunately. But you will get superpowers like Spiderman or Superman. Sign me up, says all the sheeple in unison.
We’re supposed to believe that solar city, Tesla, space x, and neural link all started by him and him alone?
The man who can’t articulate a simple three word phrase without saying um between each word that superhuman?
How about an expose on Musk not being who he is presented to be?
Musks Boring Company dug the Epstein tunnels, facilitated the deep state with tunnels for human trafficking, underground railway systems, CERN tunnels .. cooperating thus still alive.
What B.S. you can’t bypass the cerebellum that’s just a fact of life. Once the cerebellum is damaged which what happens in spinal cord injuries you’re done end of story. That’s a law in life. Eventually Elon wants to implant tiny optic fibres into the brain connected to a computer which is the real transhumanism. It’s a joke because when electrical signals flow through the brain the axons that transfer the signals never actually touch. It is one of life’s great mystery’s that can never be replicated and they know it. FFS they can’t even tell you what electricity is because they don’t know.
Elon couldn’t survive without your tax payer dollors that’s the truth same as Gates, Bezos and so many more. Just always remember you break your back to feed them same as it ever was.
By George Erik I do believe you hammered the nail on the head with the hammer.
Cc, only Elon’s mother, his hairdresser and the (cia) know..