▲ 294 ▼ ‘You’ll hold out for a while’: Silicon Valley now pushing to implant chip in your brain, knows you’ll give in eventually (wegotthiscovered.com) submitted 5 months ago by LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 123 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 months ago (5 children) These people need to be stopped. Seriously. permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 5 months ago (3 children) Honestly they just say things. If you spend 30 seconds thinking about it it's pretty obvious that no one's going to get a brain implant. It's a brain implant, it's not something you casually decide on a whim. Also who's doing it, the world isn't exactly a wash with neurosurgeons let alone who would just eager to risk a potential lawsuit carrying out unnecessary brain surgery. Unless the plan is to get robots to do that, but surely we would need the robots before we start talking about the brain chips. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago (2 children) If they can, they will. They don't respect anyone's well-being or autonomy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) I'll worry about it when I see it. Right now they don't have a functioning AI so it's not an immediate concern. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago* By the time you see it your options to react will be too limited to be effective. This is why we keep getting fucked by the billionaire class. They're planning years ahead and we only react when the threat is already imminent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 points 5 months ago I literally prefer human extinction. 100% verified. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 5 months ago (3 children) Honestly they just say things. If you spend 30 seconds thinking about it it's pretty obvious that no one's going to get a brain implant. It's a brain implant, it's not something you casually decide on a whim. Also who's doing it, the world isn't exactly a wash with neurosurgeons let alone who would just eager to risk a potential lawsuit carrying out unnecessary brain surgery. Unless the plan is to get robots to do that, but surely we would need the robots before we start talking about the brain chips. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago (2 children) If they can, they will. They don't respect anyone's well-being or autonomy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) I'll worry about it when I see it. Right now they don't have a functioning AI so it's not an immediate concern. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago* By the time you see it your options to react will be too limited to be effective. This is why we keep getting fucked by the billionaire class. They're planning years ahead and we only react when the threat is already imminent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago (2 children) If they can, they will. They don't respect anyone's well-being or autonomy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) I'll worry about it when I see it. Right now they don't have a functioning AI so it's not an immediate concern. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago* By the time you see it your options to react will be too limited to be effective. This is why we keep getting fucked by the billionaire class. They're planning years ahead and we only react when the threat is already imminent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) I'll worry about it when I see it. Right now they don't have a functioning AI so it's not an immediate concern. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago* By the time you see it your options to react will be too limited to be effective. This is why we keep getting fucked by the billionaire class. They're planning years ahead and we only react when the threat is already imminent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago* By the time you see it your options to react will be too limited to be effective. This is why we keep getting fucked by the billionaire class. They're planning years ahead and we only react when the threat is already imminent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 points 5 months ago I literally prefer human extinction. 100% verified. permalink fedilink source parent