Elon Musk says that his Neuralink device is ready to be implanted in human brains

  • Member
    December 1, 2022 2:11 PM PST

    Elon Musk says that his Neuralink device is ready to be implanted in human brains … yeah, no thanks bro

    Harris Rigby details his feelings on being hooked up in the brain:

    Elon Musk's Neuralink Corp. aims to start putting its coin-sized computing brain implant into human patients within six months, the company announced at an event at its Fremont, Calif. headquarters on Wednesday evening. Neuralink has been refining the product, which consists of a tiny device and electrode-laced wires, along with a robot that carves out a piece of a person's skull and implants it into the brain. Ongoing discussions with the US Food and Drug Administration have gone well enough for the company to set a target of its first human trials within the next six months, according to Musk...

    The goal of the brain-computer interface, known as a BCI, is initially to allow a person with a debilitating condition — such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or suffering the aftereffects of a stroke — to communicate via their thoughts. The company demonstrated that with a monkey "telepathically typing" on a screen in front of it. The Neuralink device translates neuronal spikes into data that can be interpreted by a computer. Musk's hope is that the device could one day become mainstream and allow for the transfer of information between humans and machines. He has long argued that humans can only keep up with the advances being made by artificial intelligence with the help of computer-like augmentations.

  • January 22, 2023 1:49 AM PST
    Is this the start of "Big Brother" as well? I'm totally with you on this, NO THANK YOU!
  • Leader
    January 22, 2023 8:22 PM PST
    Mark Ransome said: Is this the start of "Big Brother" as well? I'm totally with you on this, NO THANK YOU!
    Yeah, right there with you, Mark....no thank you but hell no thank you....yes somewhat big brotherish, isn't it? I've been just taking an observation point of view with everything "Musk" right now, between the Twitter drama, Tesla stock and the EV's, his Starlink debacle and then there's Neuarlink with a history of too much failure in the test animals. Nope, no way. My brain is challenging enough with what I've got to work with...lol ;)