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Neuralink 'Participant 1' says his life has changed

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360 points danielmorozoff | 1 comments | 24 Aug 25 09:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.197s | source
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SilverElfin ◴[26 Aug 25 17:37 UTC] No.45029766[source]▶
Neuralink is amazing technology and watching videos of participants who have completely different abilities and freedom with Neuralink implants is mind blowing. It’s sad that many want to dismiss these amazing achievements just because it’s an Elon Musk founded company. At some point you simply have to acknowledge his success (and his team’s), and hope they get further with all of this.

For those interested in their clinical trials:

https://neuralink.com/trials/

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mritterhoff[dead post] ◴[26 Aug 25 17:39 UTC] No.45029790[source]▶
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drdaeman ◴[26 Aug 25 17:51 UTC] No.45029945[source]▶
I'm not sure whenever it's a good idea to cheer for lack of life-changing technical progress just because it's ran by a company governed by an ethically problematic person. The person is temporary, the progress is permanent.
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michaelmrose ◴[27 Aug 25 01:03 UTC] No.45034256[source]▶
It is if 99.9% don't need the tech and face worse outcomes in real life because of Musk
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JumpCrisscross ◴[27 Aug 25 07:44 UTC] No.45036624[source]▶
> It is if 99.9% don't need the tech and face worse outcomes in real life because of Musk

Everyone with motor dysfunction should suffer so we can stick it to a racist man child? Who’s the villain in that narrative?

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1. ben_w ◴[27 Aug 25 18:37 UTC] No.45043318[source]▶
If only it was so simple.

I could also say that the neuroscientists I follow don't seem particularly impressed with the research coming out of Neuralink (unlike the rocket people who are all impressed with SpaceX), and also the man himself seems to be using his wealth and sales skills to try to radically shift the Overton Window in several countries including both where I live now and where I grew up, so less benefit than the headline suggests for a higher cost than letting a man-child be a man-child.