I'm not surprised given the person in charge, but I still feel bad for the guy. Being almost completely paralyzed, it makes total sense to jump at the chance to get some normalcy back.

I didn't expect 85% of the wires to already detach at this point. In a just society, the whole company would be shut down and the CEO put into a bottomless pit.

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[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 106 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Could cybernetic implants be done safely and responsibly? It's quite possible.

Will cybernetic implants ever be done safely and responsibly under capitalism? Hell no.

[–] Chronicon@hexbear.net 93 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

the fucking trials out of australia where they successfully gave people back like their sight or hearing or whatever it was, and then the trials ended and they had to have the implants removed or disabled so the company didn't have to keep supporting them was the most heartbreaking thing I had read that month.

edit: I'm wrong it was stopping her debilitating seizures kitty-cri https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/05/25/1073634/brain-implant-removed-against-her-will/

If this is what they do now to the test subjects imagine how much worse and more insidious it can get as the tech matures

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 59 points 5 months ago

Anybody involved with making or enforcing that decision should be thrown in an oubliette

[–] windowlicker@hexbear.net 47 points 5 months ago (2 children)

they WILL use this against people in the future. corporate non-compliance or even dissent will have your implants shut off.

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 15 points 5 months ago

Just like in the hit graphic novel Neuromancer so-true

[–] chickentendrils@hexbear.net 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

turns out a bunch of nerds have basically been gaming this out in sci-fi for decades

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago

Sci Fi nerd reporting in: it literally never turns out good. We don't know enough about what's going on there to do ANY fucking around.

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 24 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Your augs will play ads at random times unless you buy the premium upgrade. And they will play ads in your dreams

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 29 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Dreams are basically the only place left capitalism hasn't colonized (sorry curry-space , SpaceX ruined that one). If they ever found a way to inject car insurance and fast food commercials into my dreams, I might actually adventure-time

[–] pastalicious@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

Strawberry Mansion is a ‘fun’ 2021 movie about just that idea.

[–] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Futarama also made this observation in 1999 :(

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 5 months ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago

Or they'll move to a subscription model even though you paid initially for unlimited access to your [vital organ of choice]