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Thousands of people are reportedly lining up to have a portion of their skull removed and one of Elon Musk's brain chips implanted (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/nottheonion

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Earlier this year, the US Food and Drug Administration gave Neuralink, which Musk cofounded in 2016, approval to launch human trials of its device that Musk has described as a "Fitbit in your skull." The FDA had previously rejected Neuralink's bid for human testing in March over safety concerns, Reuters reported, including that the wires connected to the brain chip could move within a subject's head or that the chip could overheat.

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[–] captainlezbian 78 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Even if it was safe “Fitbit in your skull” sounds awful

[–] jeffw 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“Please track my thoughts and sell the data, daddy Elon!” - the people lining up for this probably

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

With that chip they won't need to sell your data, they sell you as entity. And if emperor Elon says clap, then you'll clap your hands.

[–] gnate 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And then there's the ads...

[–] captainlezbian 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah eventually they’ll come

[–] Shou 4 points 1 year ago

Futurama being ahead of its time

[–] ghostdoggtv 2 points 1 year ago

gotta get my STEPS bro

[–] ByteJunk 1 points 1 year ago

This reminds me of that corporate quest in Starfield where you learn what they were doing at the clinic. Surreal...