I think the heat is making me extra cranky, but I saw this on the bird site, and just felt a wave of exhaustion. Tell me Elon doesn’t understand the site he demanded to buy, without telling me.
#Musk’s completely unsupported and unhinged promises of future therapies, treatments or prosthetic devices enabled by his #Neuralink firm and this #Tesla “#Optimus” humanoid robotics project is pretty damn disgusting.
A new, disgusting low.
Even relative to Tesla’s vast #Autopilot and #FSDBeta wrongdoings, which is saying something.
@oleksify@brennansv It is one thing to perform medical research and trials and to remain hopeful (but guarded) about the results and the patient benefits.
It is quite another thing to make definitive assertions and to lead people, that may be currently suffering, on.
I will wait for a transcript of the call but I believe the wording was that Neuralink and prosthetics born from “Optimus” would give quadruple amputees "an incredibly capable" cyborg body.
These are actual devices with proven patient benefits.
Musk is off talking about near-term "cures" for "autism" enabled by #Neuralink and a myriad of other entirely speculative treatments for complex neurological conditions and spinal injuries - all centered on one medical device that has not seen a single human trial.
That is the ugly foundation for Musk's statements - which continue to reach further and further every time he brings it up.
#Musk’s completely unsupported and unhinged promises of future therapies, treatments or prosthetic devices enabled by his #Neuralink firm and this #Tesla “#Optimus” humanoid robotics project is pretty damn disgusting.
A new, disgusting low.
Even relative to Tesla’s vast #Autopilot and #FSDBeta wrongdoings, which is saying something.
This “#Optimus” humanoid robot is so primitive currently relative to the state-of-the-art that there is zero visible path for prosthetics use.
#Neuralink has not even so much as had a single human trial. There is zero underlying support in terms of patient benefit, safety and capabilities.
These disgusting, off-hand overtures by #Musk give people who may be suffering from debilitating and painful physical and neurological issues false hope, at best.
At worst, patients may reject the advice of their current medical professionals to hold out for these fantastical medical treatments and devices that #Musk has zero visibility on.
Unethical to the core.
If we had any semblance of effective regulatory agencies in the US, Musk would have been cracked good a while ago.
The compiler will almost certainly not be #OpenSource, which is just a tiny bit sad, but the advancement of Rust into this domain would be a milestone.
A missed opportunity, in my view, to discuss how #SiliconValley’s somewhat recent entry into the #SafetyCritical systems space is really the far more pressing issue here.
Hand-waving systems safety yields enormous cost savings (far more than is typically expected) and is corrosive to a modern society in ways that courts could never rectify once sufficiently lost.
People today cannot really remember a time when everyday products would readily kill or maim. So, having lost those experiences over the decades, Silicon Valley increasingly saw a business opportunity.
But modern society is grounded on the public’s trust and, given enough critical mass, trust can be virtually lost overnight.
Quite literally.
That is Great Depression stuff right there, folks.
Little Mildred is a little brighter and responsive this morning Bradford Cat Watch Rescue & Sanctuary despite remaining critically ill.
She is still struggling to regulate her body temperature and glucose levels and has much reduced mentation. This is likley to be a result of being so terribly hypothermic and hypoglycemic for such a long time and may have caused brain injury
Mildred remains in intensive care on our critical care ward and is being constantly monitored and nursed. #catsofmastodon
Question for @redcrew @adamjcook
and anybody else in the metro Detroit area:
Do you know of an org or group that needs/accepts donations PC's and networking equipment for use in schools, non-profits, or other good uses?
I've got 2 still-in-shrinkwrap Netgear wifi router+satellites packages + some other stuff.
Pls boost.
Look who has been a brave boy!!
Eddie has been in the vets all day . He had surgery to remove his very damaged snd non functional eye. Eddie is now back at Bradford Cat Watch Rescue and Bradford Cat Watch Rescue & Sanctuary resting and recovering. #catsofmastodon
The US is in an abusive relationship with cars - and in nowhere is that felt more than here in #Detroit, so I submit.
The car’s heyday as an economic growth engine has long passed, ICE or #EV or otherwise, and all that is left in its wake its sprawl, unmanageable roadway death, unnecessary environmental damage and housing inaccessibility.