Earlier this year, the US Food and Drug Administration gave Neuralink, which Musk cofounded in 2016, approval to launch human trials of its device that Musk has described as a “Fitbit in your skull.” The FDA had previously rejected Neuralink’s bid for human testing in March over safety concerns, Reuters reported, including that the wires connected to the brain chip could move within a subject’s head or that the chip could overheat.

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Even if it was safe “Fitbit in your skull” sounds awful

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“Please track my thoughts and sell the data, daddy Elon!” - the people lining up for this probably

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With that chip they won’t need to sell your data, they sell you as entity. And if emperor Elon says clap, then you’ll clap your hands.

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And then there’s the ads…

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Yeah eventually they’ll come

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Futurama being ahead of its time

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gotta get my STEPS bro

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This reminds me of that corporate quest in Starfield where you learn what they were doing at the clinic. Surreal…

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