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Neuralink to implant 2nd human with brain chip as 85% of threads retract in 1st (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Presumably, the person who volunteered knew all the risks and implications, so you can shit all you want on their decisions but that's how trials work. There's no promises of you coming out with a functional product.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

In an interview with the Journal, Neuralink's first patient, 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh, opened up about the roller-coaster experience. "I was on such a high and then to be brought down that low. It was very, very hard," Arbaugh said. "I cried." He initially asked if Neuralink would perform another surgery to fix or replace the implant, but the company declined, telling him it wanted to wait for more information..

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