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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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[–] Son_of_dad 59 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Love that they're calling it a Fitbit in your skull. Cause Fitbit is currently dying and removing support. Imagine getting a skull implant that stops getting support and updates after a year, and you now have a useless device in your brain

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It wouldn't even be the first time this has happened to implants.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This would be a cool Tom Scott dystopia because he definetly read that already

[–] rifugee 14 points 1 year ago

you now have a useless device in your brain

I think that if you are one of the first to volunteer for this, then you probably wouldn't notice.

[–] RampantParanoia2365 3 points 1 year ago

Imagine a new model coming out a month later.