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The Gruesome Story of How Neuralink’s Monkeys Actually Died (12ft.io)
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Elon Musk says no primates died as a result of Neuralink’s implants. A WIRED investigation now reveals the grisly specifics of their deaths as US authorities have been asked to investigate Musk’s claims.

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[+] -45 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sentient, maybe some limited level of sapience, but not conscious as far as we understand the term

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And who are you to make this decision? Can I make that decision about you and use you for experiments?

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I literally said "as far as we understand the term." Sentience, sapience, and consciousness are not interchangable terms; they have vastly different meanings.

    We as humans and as we have defined the terms do not label any other species as conscious as we currently understand the term. Consciousness is currently a uniquely human trait. It's not my decision, it's just what we know and how we've labeled things.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    'I don't understand so it doesn't exist'

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago*

    I literally said "as far as we understand the term." We as humans and as we define the term. They do not have consciousness based on what we currently know, and there's very little evidence that they do based on what experiments we are able to conduct. I'm not saying they unequivocally don't, all I'm saying is as we currently understand the term they do not.

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