Re:I was excited for Neuralink, then I watched the demo
by genidoi on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @07:06AM
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...by governments motivated to have launchable nuclear weapons, not by private citizens creating profitable companies through venture capital. Reusable rockets put his companies work way ahead of government rocketry capabilities.
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Re:I was excited for Neuralink, then I watched the demo
by sidlls on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @07:11AM
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What do you think Musk’s company relied on for their space program? The novel aspects of that company are a tiny blip on all the government-funded research incorporated into its launch and vehicle systems.
Saying a private company put that vehicle in space is technically true but also at the same time highly misleading.
Re:I was excited for Neuralink, then I watched the demo
by genidoi on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @07:37AM
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By the same logic no internet company has ever done anything more than a tiny blip of work compared to the accumulated effort of millions of scientists spanning many years that lead to mass produced GHz microprocessors.