PETA to Elon Musk: Be a real pioneer and implant the brain chip in yourself, not pigs
PETA is urging Elon Musk to give pigs a pass — and be his own guinea pig.
The animal rights group is ticked at the Tesla tycoon for using pigs to test his brain-implant chip, Neuralink.
“PETA challenges Elon Musk to behave like a pioneer and implant the Neuralink chip in his own brain rather than exploiting smart, sensitive pigs who didn’t volunteer for surgery, don’t appreciate that he provides pats and a straw cell and should be left out of pie-in-the-sky projects,” PETA president Ingrid Newkirk said in a statement.
In one of his trademark showcases Friday, Musk demonstrated the progress Neuralink has made in connecting people’s brains to the internet through its experimental technology.