> There are many ways for a company to compensate people, other than hiring them as an employee (consulting fees, board seat, stock, etc.)
Again, that's a claim. The burden of proof is on you. Do you have any?
> I sincerely doubt Ms. Vance is doing this for free.
It's Mr. Vance.
How can we know that Vance is self-censoring? We can't. I'm sure they believe everything they're saying, but if they believed something different they would not be touring the Neuralink labs.
Can you find any source that a governing body has fined Neuralink for factually being complicit based on the claims?
Pump the brakes. With Vance out of the picture your initial comment is a link to someone's LinkedIn profile. Do you want answers to these questions or are you throwing up flak?
Are you familiar with the complaint lodged against Neuralink by PCRM? Did you read the Guardian and Business Wire articles that iancmceachern posted? Do you consider the Guardian and Business Wire to be reputable news organizations, and their reporting on the issue and the statements released by PCRM a form of substantiation? Is a link to Autumn Sorrells LinkedIn, a link to Ashlee Vance's wikipedia page, and a couple of tweets by the same intended as a response to any of the above?
No not really. Also, there are no “forms of substantiation”or “grey areas”. Either the allegations will be confirmed true (substantiated) or not (un substantiated) after the adjudication process…
So the logical thing to do is wait and see for any ruling to come out. I despise hopping on any speculative bandwagon.
It appears that they have killed 1500 animals so far, that is a staggering number. For context most of the projects I've worked on use a total of a dozen or so animals over the course of the entire program, and those devices are on the market.
Because so far I haven’t seen any ruling, fine, or confirmation from any governing body.