Scientists Express Concern At Elon Musk Neuralink Brain Chip. Many experts disagree with Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s belief that his brain-computer interface business Neuralink is the future of human-technology interactions.
Researchers and academics told The Daily Beast this week that Musk’s goal of connecting human brains to computers is terrifying them.
Finally, the integration of Big Tech into the human mind is at the root of their apprehension.
Dr. Karola Kreitmair, assistant professor of medical history and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin, told the website, “I don’t think there is enough public dialogue on the big picture ramifications of this kind of technology becoming available are.”
“I’m concerned that there’s this uneasy marriage between a for-profit firm and a non-profit organization,” she continued.
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Indeed, the ethical implications of technology like Neuralink are unknown.
As a result, many people are concerned about how these goods, which are allegedly designed to assist people with disabilities, can be exploited for profit in the long run.
“If the ultimate objective is to use the collected brain data for other devices, or to use these devices for other things — say, to drive automobiles, to drive Teslas,” Dr. L. Syd Johnson, associate professor at SUNY Upstate Medical University’s Center for Bioethics and Humanities, told the Daily Beast.
“But then all those human study subjects — individuals who have legitimate needs — are exploited and employed in unsafe research for someone else’s commercial gain,” she went on to say.
The sentiment was mirrored by Kreitmair. While she feels the technology has the potential to be “life-changing” for crippled people, she told the Daily Beast that its consumer applications “raise such a bevy of ethical questions.”
Some analysts believe Musk is little more than a carnival barker who will say anything and go to any length to earn a buck, which is understandable. He’s been known to make grandiose promises in the past only to fall far short of them. What makes you think Neuralink won’t be similar?
Dr. Laura Cabrera, a neuroethics researcher at Penn State, told the Beast, “With these firms and owners of companies, they’re kind of showmen.” “They’ll make these exaggerated statements, which I believe is dangerous because I believe people will believe them blindly.”
“I’m always skeptical about what [Elon Musk] says,” she later added.
