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Neuralink's first in-human brain implant has experienced a problem, company says (www.cnbc.com)
submitted 8 months ago by Wilshire to c/technology
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[โ€“] [email protected] 68 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I seem to recall that scarring around the electrodes, which eventually causes them to stop functioning, is a known failure mode of older experiments along similar lines. It's one of the reasons I didn't hold out much hope for this iteration.

I just hope the patient doesn't take any long-term damage from the implant.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

If the moneys are anything to go on, that dude's in for an extremely painful death.