Elon Musk's Neuralink reveal was even wilder than advertised
ELON MUSK AND LEADERS OF HIS STARTUP NEURALINK TOOK QUESTIONS LAST NIGHT FROM AN AUDIENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO. (REBECCA ROBBINS/STAT)
Last night in San Francisco, the secretive brain-decoding startup Neuralink hosted a event about its progress and its plans. If you know much about Elon Musk, who's bankrolled the company to the tune of $100 million, you could probably have predicted that it would be a little weird.
That turned out to be true, and then some, reports STAT's Rebecca Robbins, who covered the event in person.
In a presentation, Musk laid out bold plans for Neuralink's technology, which is meant to be implanted into the brain and designed to allow people to operate computers and smartphones with their thoughts. The company hasn't gotten the OK from the FDA yet, but it wants to start testing the technology in paralyzed patients by the end of next year.
Musk mused at one point about his technology giving people the option of merging with AI. “We are a brain in a vat,” he remarked at another point. Later, he spoke dreamily about communicating telepathically. He also made a joke, that didn't quite land, about involving Neuralink's research on rats and “karmic payback” for the Black Plague.
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That turned out to be true, and then some, reports STAT's Rebecca Robbins, who covered the event in person.
In a presentation, Musk laid out bold plans for Neuralink's technology, which is meant to be implanted into the brain and designed to allow people to operate computers and smartphones with their thoughts. The company hasn't gotten the OK from the FDA yet, but it wants to start testing the technology in paralyzed patients by the end of next year.
Musk mused at one point about his technology giving people the option of merging with AI. “We are a brain in a vat,” he remarked at another point. Later, he spoke dreamily about communicating telepathically. He also made a joke, that didn't quite land, about involving Neuralink's research on rats and “karmic payback” for the Black Plague.
Read more.
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