First Human Patient to Receive a Neuralink Brain Implant Used it to Stay Up All Night Playing Civilization 6

2 years ago by ickplant to c/news

The first human recipient of a Neuralink brain implant has shared new details on his recovery and experience of living with the experimental assistive tech.
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restingboredface 157 points 2 years ago

It sounds like things are going well for this guy and that is great and all, but how much would we honestly expect to hear if it wasn't going well?

This story is circulating all the media outlets and feels more like PR than a legit example of how this procedure is actually going to work for most people.

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FaceDeer 57 points 2 years ago

It sounds like things are going well for this guy and that is great and all, but how much would we honestly expect to hear if it wasn't going well?

Given how eager people are to pounce on negative news about anything Elon Musk-related, I expect we would be hearing way, way more about this if it wasn't going well. "Elon Musk's Neuralink Damages a Man's Brain!" and "Elon Musk's Neuralink Fails!" Headlines and such from every rooftop.

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BossDj 49 points 2 years ago

Can't we just fling him into the sun and let someone else take over these companies?

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FuglyDuck 10 points 2 years ago

considering that we're not out of the realm of complications... it's too soon to know if it's going well or not.

there's a reason most CBI researchers are keeping things as not-implants.

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EdibleFriend -13 points 2 years ago

lol seriously. dude is acting like people cover up bad news about musk. I hate the fucker but if he rolled his eyes at a waitress it would be front page news.

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pete_the_cat 18 points 2 years ago

Patient 2: "unresponsive"

Two years later

Patient 27: "unresponsive"

Patient 28: "Guys! We've got a live one here!"

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Death_Equity 4 points 2 years ago

"Patient 28, you are now Patient 1."

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fidodo 15 points 2 years ago

It let him control a mouse with his brain, which is actually great since he's a quadriplegic. Getting it if you aren't fully paralyzed would be stupid.

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Bristle1744 5 points 2 years ago

Doctor organizations did bash the news release for being PR. Especially when there's desperate people who are watching this tech and all they got was a tweet saying "installed it, lmao".

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