Neuralink: Elon Musk Holds Demo for Brain Implant, Internet Isn't Too Thrilled
During a presentation on Friday, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk unveiled more details about [...]
Consequences
prevnextif you let elon musk put a fucking chip in your brain you deserve whatever happens to you after the fact
— ceo of antifa (@doinkpatrol) August 29, 2020
Is this really what we want?
prevnextElon Musk: "The future is gonna be weird."
Musk discussed the future applications of Neuralink, including downloading saved memories into new bodies or robots.
Ask yourself: Is this the future you want to be a part of? pic.twitter.com/fXgGuKOH4E
— TheSharpEdge (@TheSharpEdge1) August 29, 2020
Hard pass
prevnextI’m watching Elon Musk’s neural implant thing and this is a hard pass. I like my skull intact and brain functioning as intended. pic.twitter.com/ynQuexn9uy
— Brandonrowe14 (@Brandonrowe14) August 29, 2020
Not sold on it
prevnextcan't say that a tech demo with elon musk on stage in a covid mask surrounded by a pig pen has sold me on getting the medical procedure he's advertising
— Kate Barrett (@thewaether) August 29, 2020
Snake oil
prevnextRemember when 8+ years ago when Elon Musk announced everyone would have a Tesla wall battery in their house?
Yeah, fuck that, put a chip in everyone's brain.
He's a snake oil salesman using corporate/taxpayer money to advertise himself as a genius.
— John E.L. Tenney (@JohnELTenney) August 29, 2020
Not the best track record
prevnextElon Musk is perhaps best known for making cars that drive themselves into the back of fire trucks at high speed so I will not be electing to receive the brain surgery he devised
— Frank (@panndder) August 29, 2020
Anyone else
prevnextAm I the only one scared sh*tless by @elonmusk ?
— Vipul Swarup (@VipulSwarup) August 29, 2020
"Really cool"
prevnextElon musk is like the guy that watched ghost in the shell and decided everything about it except the plot was really cool
— Ana Valens, Succubus 🏴 (@acvalens) August 29, 2020
Yikes
prevnextImagine this, but it's your skull. #Neuralink pic.twitter.com/1QBiRoGCUw
— Freddie Medhat (@FreddieMedhat) August 29, 2020
This, but when the stakes are higher
prevas an IT tech, i dread for #Neuralink to launch
— trst (@vrniti) August 29, 2020
imagine dealing with this but with lives on the line pic.twitter.com/J46S0Jp7cJ