Neuralink advances with second brain implant, Musk lays out ambitious goals

Aug 5

Jack Aylmer Anchor

By Jack Aylmer (Anchor), William Jackson (Producer), Jake Maslo (Video Editor)

Elon Musk, the founder of Neuralink, made a bold prediction during a podcast. According to Musk, someone with a Neuralink implant should soon be able to be on level or better than someone considered a “pro gamer” due to the technology allowing a faster reaction time.

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“We feel pretty confident that maybe in the next year or two, someone with a Neuralink implant would be able to outperform a pro gamer because the reaction time would be faster,” Musk said.

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The announcement came as Neuralink achieved another milestone with its second successful brain implant in a patient with spinal cord injuries, aiming to enable the person to control digital devices purely through thought.

Musk said that this latest patient, similar to the first who was paralyzed in a diving accident, is showing promising results.

Noland Arbaugh, a quadriplegic, was the first human recipient of the Neuralink chip. He can now play video games using only his mind.

“Me trying to move a body part and then that being mapped in some sort of machine learning algorithm to be able to identify my brain signals and then take that and give me cursor control that all kind of made sense to me,” Arbaugh said. “I don’t know all the ins and outs of it, but there are still signals in my brain firing, they just can’t get through because there’s like a gap in my spinal cord.”

Musk hopes to expand Neuralink’s capabilities beyond repairing neuron damage to enhancing AI-human interactions. That could include “augmentation” for individuals without neurological issues, potentially offering superhuman abilities such as improved vision across different spectrums.

However, these advancements raise serious medical and ethical questions regarding both the long-term effects of implanting such devices and also concerns over privacy, consent and potential misuse.

Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Elon Musk, Neuralink

ELON MUSK
NEURALINK FOUNDER
“We feel pretty confident that in the next year or two, someone with a Neuralink implant would be able to outperform a pro gamer because the reaction time would be faster.”

JACK AYLMER

THIS BOLD PREDICTION FROM NEURALINK FOUNDER ELON MUSK COMES AS THE COMPANY MARKS ANOTHER MILESTONE WITH ITS SECOND SUCCESSFUL BRAIN IMPLANT IN A PATIENT WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES.

THE COMPANY’S AIM? TO ENABLE PEOPLE TO CONTROL DIGITAL DEVICES PURELY THROUGH THOUGHT.

ALTHOUGH HE KEPT DETAILS SPARSE, MUSK REVEALED THAT THIS PATIENT, LIKE THE FIRST WHO WAS PARALYZED IN A DIVING ACCIDENT, IS SEEING PROMISING RESULTS.

THE FIRST HUMAN RECIPIENT OF THE NEURALINK CHIP, A QUADRIPLEGIC, CAN NOW PLAY VIDEO GAMES JUST BY USING HIS MIND.

NOLAND ARBAUGH
FIRST NEURALINK PATIENT
“Me trying to move a body part um and then that being mapped um in some sort of like machine learning algorithm to be able to um identify like my brain signals and then take that and give me cursor control that all kind of made sense to me I don’t know like all the in ins and outs of it but I was like there are still signals in my brain firing they just can’t get through because there’s like a gap in my spinal cord and so they just they can’t get all the way down and back up but they’re still there.”

JACK AYLMER
MUSK HOPES TO EXPAND NEURALINK BEYOND REPAIRING NEURON DAMAGE TO ENHANCING AI-HUMAN INTERACTIONS.

HE BELIEVES FUTURE ADVANCEMENTS COULD INCLUDE ‘AUGMENTATION’ FOR INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT NEUROLOGICAL ISSUES, POTENTIALLY OFFERING SUPERHUMAN ABILITIES SUCH AS IMPROVED VISION ACROSS DIFFERENT SPECTRUMS.

BUT THESE IDEAS RAISE SERIOUS MEDICAL AND ETHICAL QUESTIONS OVER NOT JUST THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF IMPLANTING SUCH DEVICES, BUT ALSO ISSUES OF PRIVACY, CONSENT, AND POTENTIAL MISUSE.

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