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    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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      expanded to prisoners

      I can imagine the plot of a 1980s sci-fi dystopia movie where the evil billionaire says "The implant means they will get time off for good behavior. Or they'll die an serve a useful purpose." In the real world it's ~50 years later and the movie's flaw is that the evil billionaire is ~100 times as rich.

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  • BadTakesHaver [he/him, they/them]
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    If Elon really wants to look innovative smart and cool by advancing cybernetics why the fuck did he start with the part of the body that is crucial and will instantly kill you if something goes wrong? Why not just make like, cool futuristic robot arms that have electronics in them or something

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      the part of the body that is crucial and will instantly kill you

      I think you answered your own question. He wants to play god and messing with the brain is more fun for him. And if he kills somebody and their family sues him for $100m - what does he care? He can spend literally millions on legal fees to drag the case out for years and years to try to break them. He gets to play god again.

      If he wins - he's on cloud nine. If it looks like he might lose - he can offer them a deal - the money with an NDA. Then he can have private detectives and tech bros follow them around for years and if they break the NDA - he'll fuck with them by suing them.

      I just made myself throw up in my mouth.

    • Nacarbac [any]
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      1 year ago

      Possibly part of his techbro fetishisation of immortality. Get the NPCs to crash test the implants and speed development, then something something, post-singularity godmind ruler of the internet (who the meatspace slaves all think is Really Cool because of their nerve staples).

  • SexUnderSocialism [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    I wonder if melon-musk's chud following will complain about this as much as they like to complain about vaccines. thinkin-lenin Of course, I already know the answer.

    • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      geordi-no comically oversized syringe with a microchip floating in it

      geordi-yes comically oversized syringe with a microchip floating in it

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    • forcequit [she/her]
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      Neuralink says it is looking for patients with quadriplegia due to vertical spinal cord injury or ALS. Participants will have a BCI surgically implanted using a proprietary robot in a region of the brain that controls movement, with the goal of enabling them to control a computer cursor or a keyboard using just their thoughts. The study will evaluate the safety and functionality of the technology, according to a statement.

      We tied your motor cortex to this GUI, can you feel the freedom yet?

  • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    This fucking idiot is going to get people killed. Paralyzed people, even, vulnerable people.

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    Shock the Monkey

    Shock the Monkey

    Interpretation

    Due to its title and the content of the music video, the song is frequently assumed to be either an animal rights song or a reference to the famous experiments by Stanley Milgram described in his book Obedience to Authority (1974). It is neither, but the Gabriel song "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)" from his fifth studio album So (1986) does deal directly with Milgram.

    Gabriel has described "Shock the Monkey" as "a love song" that examines how jealousy can release one's basic instincts; the monkey is not a literal monkey, but a metaphor for one's feelings of jealousy. Gabriel has mentioned that the song's lyrical motif was inspired by King Kong's lightning powers in the film King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962).

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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      You made me think of One by Metallica with a change that all he can feel is the pain of limbs that aren't even there.