A big red flag, according to researchers, is that Neuralink has barely been sharing any information at all.

• Concerns rise as Neuralink fails to provide evidence of brain implant success, raising safety and transparency questions.

• Controversy surrounds Neuralink’s lack of data on surgical capabilities and alarming treatment of monkeys with brain implants.

• While Neuralink touts achievements, experts question true innovation and highlight developments in other brain implant projects.

  • @QuexoticEnglish
    67•4 months ago

    JFC

    Additional veterinary reports show the condition of a female monkey called “Animal 15” during the months leading up to her death in March 2019. Days after her implant surgery, she began to press her head against the floor for no apparent reason; a symptom of pain or infection, the records say. Staff observed that though she was uncomfortable, picking and pulling at her implant until it bled, she would often lie at the foot of her cage and spend time holding hands with her roommate. Animal 15 began to lose coordination, and staff observed that she would shake uncontrollably when she saw lab workers. Her condition deteriorated for months until the staff finally euthanized her. A necropsy report indicates that she had bleeding in her brain and that the Neuralink implants left parts of her cerebral cortex “focally tattered.”

    So they fuckin shredded the poor girl’s brain.

      • @QuexoticEnglish
        12•4 months ago

        Yeah. Gut wrenching too.

    • VeloxizationEnglish
      17•4 months ago

      To think humans cause such pain to other sentient beings due to hubris…

      • VaultBoyNewVegasEnglish
        20•4 months ago

        I don’t find it shocking in the slightest. Someone like Musk would happily burn everything down if it meant he’d get his own way.

      • @captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12•4 months ago

        I’m wondering how this got IRB approval. I’ve had to get it before and it’s not easy. From the sounds of everything everyone involved needs to have a lifetime ban on animal or human testing.