The Gruesome Story of How Neuralink’s Monkeys Actually Died | Elon Musk says no primates died as a result of Neuralink’s implants. A WIRED investigation now reveals the grisly specifics of their de…::Elon Musk says no primates died as a result of Neuralink’s implants. A WIRED investigation now reveals the grisly specifics of their deaths as US authorities have been asked to investigate Musk’s claims.

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      I think he 100% believes that he’s just a humble genius trying to change the world. As he receives more and more criticism though, he’s going to use his tremendous power and wealth to lash out because he’s a fragile child. It’s already begun. He will hurt the world with his billions.

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    I had to stop reading. I don’t like progress if this is the cost. I’ll just continue to type out my critical comments with my fingers…

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    I get why they do monkey trials, but the part where it said that the one dieing monkey was holding it’s cellmate’s hands really gets to me. There needs to be a better way.

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    Monstrous. I know he’s a narcissistic sociopath but how do the lab techs, researchers, and veterinarians that worked on this sleep at night?

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    The psychopath probably enjoyed watching the monkeys suffer. I’m surprised he didn’t make a “funny” tweet about it.

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      An article published detailed what it was like working with Elon Musk at Tesla. Apparently, he rarely, if ever, has any idea what’s going on in his own companies.

      Basically, the dude just says things. He has no idea how most of his products or software work or anything. He just says things.

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        He doesn’t have to know how the monkeys suffer to watch the monkeys suffer and it’s just the sort of “entertainment” I would expect someone like him would enjoy. I have no evidence that he is, it just wouldn’t surprise me in the least to find it out. He’s a sick, sick man.

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    Every word uttered by a conservative is either deception or manipulation. Every word. Why would anyone ever believe anything Elon says?

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    Sooo… they skipped a lot of stages and just went to torturing disposable monkeys. I can’t imagine any serious ethical review of the project finding that they did anything in line with requirements.

    Like animal testing or not, there are undeniably ways in which it should and should not be performed if it is going to happen.