Elon Musk’s Neuralink Event: Everything Revealed in 10 Minutes

Elon Musk and researchers at Neuralink reveal a series of demos showing the progress in the company's brain-computer interface technologies.
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[@zackery72]

So just imagine NeuroLink is a subscription-based service and you miss a month and they turn off your legs

[@bryede]

Then you download an online hack to get them back and now Russians control your legs.

[@ronblack7870]

FDA will regulate it so that won't happen.

[@eanarchygle]

😂😂😂

[@TheKingMAC]

Or turn off the Johnson...

[@viacheslavdoinikov9667]

There is more. Just like they stimulated legs of the pig to move in a certain way, they will be able to stimulate a human to do whatever they want.

[@Marthyboy88]

If you grew up in the 90s/2000s, just think about how insane of a jump it is from rudimentary internet to wifi internet to current gen smartphones is. Absolutely insane progress in only 20 years. Imagine what life is going to be like just 10 years from now.

[@chadd980]

I remember in grade 4 or 5 teacher asking the class if anyone had access to internet at home yet. And maybe half or less raised their hand. Then the next Yr another teacher asked the same thing and this time I did have internet and I was so happy to raise my hand. Now I can play coco melon on a plane from my phone for my baby daughter to distract her!!! It’s crazy

[@MrMadalien]

Most likely in 10 years we‘ll have a regression. I don’t know why everyone asdumes growth is infinite, we have a very low birth rate for example.

[@dutchvan.740]

World war is going to halt alot tho

[@jeromemorrowactual6723]

Most of that happened 10-20 years ago. Very little has happened in the last 10.

[@cybernition]

yeah.. not good

[@yy1yn]

Don't get me wrong, this is a wonderful advancement that could help a lot of people, but at the same time, it feels like the backstory to a dystopian novel.

[@aaldrich29]

Remember in I Am Legend, seeing the news reports about the miracle drug that cures cancer before seeing the dystopian world? Seems like this would play at the beginning of a movie like that.

[@UdViiL]

"they want to help us" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@longleaf0]

The funny thing is, I suspect Elon would kind of agree with your sentiment, his initial motivation for creating Neuralink was realising that far too few organisations, governments and individuals will take AI safety seriously (he campaigned about AI safety for years), so his solution, based on a fatalistic (and probably realistic) point of view was to try and come up with a way for humans to at least have a chance of being part of the singularity when it happens (if you think that's daft, then I'd urge you to spend some time looking into AI research and AI safety, an AI safety researcher called Robert Miles has some great and very accessible YT videos on the subject as a starting point)

[@allysterlaw777]

@@longleaf0great comment

[@m3rify]

@@longleaf0 that sounds way more dystopic

[@mogoahmed]

Successful people don't just become that way overnight. What most people see as a glance-wealth, a great career, purpose is the result of hardwork and hustle overtime.... pray everyone here becomes extremely successful!!

[@medsani5735]

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[@medsani5735]

Stocks

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[@niabarigospel]

You are right, it's obvious a lot of people remain poor due to ignorance

[@andrewpaul4067]

Starting early is the best way to getting ahead of build wealth, investing remains the priority

[@rickyholmes5924]

My little brother had a traumatic brain injury a few years ago and is unable to walk or talk and struggles to do things we normally do. Advances like this is such an amazing thing and I hope that it’ll become affordable! Great work and great hope!

[@fred6907]

"But, but....he's an evil billionaire!!! He must be stopped".

[@federicolecca1425]

@@fred6907 This technology is surely being developed to help people. Not at all to do unspeakable things to them. I'm sure.

[@quan7umleap]

Bot detected...

[@ticktockbam]

@@federicolecca1425 It's definitely being developed to do good, but people will always find a way to do bad stuff with it, and by "people" I mean governments.

[@ninopino12]

@@quan7umleap ? Bro youre the one that sounds like a bot lol

[@Jacklloydmusic]

This is both exciting and extremely scary at the same time.

[@elekktronaut]

Mostly scary to me.. the technology itself is fascinating but if this is controlled by the wrong people 🫠

[@VGameL0v3e12sF012Ree]

It should be limited to disabled people imo, but of course that won't happen once advertisers start pushing out trends.

[@o1497]

@@VGameL0v3e12sF012Reeimagine having ads forced on to your mind

[@VGameL0v3e12sF012Ree]

Welp. I guess we are truly the lucky ones to experience adblock in this small golden age.

[@JohnDoe-kv4ef]

@bileam tschepe (elekktronaut) which it most definitely will be.

[@boscoblack]

As a physical therapist, this type of work has the potential to bring tears. The hope that this gives to so many individuals suffering with paralysis, as well as their families, is astounding

[@elliot1784]

Trojan horse ⚠️

[@Victor-ze3sd]

@@elliot1784 Lets hope not.

[@cyberneticbutterfly8506]

@@elliot1784 If free nations don't do this and regulate it (with sufficient skill by a wide margin please!) then other nations will.

[@boscoblack]

@@elliot1784 always someone like you. Everything is a conspiracy, we know

[@Christoff070]

As a human being, this type of work has the potential to bring brain damage, motor and speech control by hackers. The tyranny and fear that this gives to so many individuals, is astounding

[@elonmusk_today]

I understand how good this can be for those who could really need it,. In the wrong hands, it can be devastating.

[@user-cy3fy6pe8b]

Need to meet musk one day

[@WhiteDeath12]

It's always been this way

[@Alex-Defatte]

I've been reading about this for around 30 years or so. The technology is what's finally catching up.

[@linepod8482]

sounds about right doesn't it, 30 years behind military tech for civilians. would have been in the books

[@Juani1499]

But what stops us from getting to the future already. If things are possible, why do we have to wait and learn

[@Kevin-vq2qp]

@@Juani1499 It's not that we have to wait and learn. We already know how to make flying cars for example. The thing is - putting this kind of technology in certain peoples hands is scary. Making big changes for the humanity takes time. We already knew how to go space, but NASA just didn't had enough money and resources to put rockets out there like Elon does. Look at us now - sending rockets to space every week or so. Power is everything.

[@KLienne]

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[@ca20mn]

@@Juani1499 a big hurdle to things like this is pricing! Like the other commenter stated we’ve known how to travel space but it was excruciatingly expensive. Now with parts being more readily available & tech that allows us to reuse material we can afford to pursue these advancements without doing a complete disservice to life on earth that still need funding for say healthcare & housing

[@Pico_444]

Few understand how groundbreaking this development is. Granting vision to a lifelong blind person? This is one of the most important technological advances of human history

[@FirstNameLastName-xe4mx]

@First Name Last Name you copying my name bruh

[@mage4674]

@@firstnamelastname847 You're saying this as if its a bad thing. I'm glad someone is doing what any of us would want to do if we had obscene amounts of money. While never understanding why eveyone with money just wouldnt do it.

[@virtualworldsbyloff]

Anither fool who will send money their way

[@karadan100]

It has killed 98% of the monkeys used to experiment this tech. That's not a good hit rate.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

All I hear is people saying things in the line of that they would never let anyone mess with their head. Such a narrow view. This has gargantuan potential. Keep an eye on the date where they actually use the tech on a human for the first time. If it is a success make sure you have already emptied your bankaccount to buy stocks.

[@christianmoreno7390]

This is absolutely incredible. I have a rare muscle disorder called congenital myasthenic syndrome, which makes my neuromuscular system unable to fire completely, unless I take medication. The fact that this solves this issue, and will solve it for those with more intense forms of my condition is astounding. Elon, God bless you

[@FlorinArjocu]

I would not put my trust in Elon so soon. In the previous iteration, it seems it was late with years and copying other research but with less success (for instance many monkeys were killed in the process). Just wait for specialists to comment on this, don't believe what you see in marketing events. Otherwise, I do hope to see some technology like this viable someday.

[@christianmoreno7390]

@@FlorinArjocu 100% agree. I would personally never get a neuralink, as my medication fixes my issues. However, if I had a more intense version of condition, I’d consider it. I do know there are a couple of other brain interface companies out there as well

[@FlorinArjocu]

@@christianmoreno7390 Yes. When talking about Musk, one has to take a huge block of salt before believing him, especially when we're talking about something this sensitive.

[@oceanside88]

I'm happy for You. It's not for everyone.

[@museitup4741]

@@FlorinArjocu Yes, it's not like he's successfully redefined entire industries in the past. Let's give up on him since clearly you have better ideas I'm sure.

[@abelinaportillo1783]

These technologies have been around for a while. Stephen Hawking used something similar. Musk is Imo taking it to an advanced level and introducing new functionality.

[@hadronoftheseus8829]

He's introducing absolutely nothing.

[@zero4930]

​@@hadronoftheseus8829 well he literally did that in this video.

[@hadronoftheseus8829]

@@zero4930 He most definitely did not. You have absolutely no concept of precision or specificity.

[@milanbadri3473]

@@hadronoftheseus8829 then who did? js curious

[@hadronoftheseus8829]

@@milanbadri3473 Who did what, exactly? Elon Musk simps are never precise about anything.

[@air870]

As spinal cord injury patient for the last 8 years, this is a glimmer of hope to end my paraplegia. Stem cell research notwithstanding

[@Jarmezrocks]

I was waiting to see a comment from someone that this directly relates to and how this tech might change their lives in the future? All I can say is my fingers are crossed for you man 🤞 I honestly wish you all the best now and into the future. Take care Ps. If you are the first to get one of these things inserted..... I'm so coming back to this comment!

[@GrandChessboard]

Tech is a double edge sword that will only use one edge and it will not be to your benefit...

[@marshallmcluhan33]

Don't believe Elon Musk the con artist. He'll take your money and leave you with nothing. He will always promise a break through next year....

[@goobermcgilicuty3754]

How about this with stem?? Talk about a one, two punch!!!

[@tear728]

By 2030 you may be able to function again

[@milanvujcich]

WTF I literally had no idea Neuralink had come this far. This is insane. Edit: Damn guys, can I not just be amazed by the tech, and enjoy seeing the advancements in technology that humans make? I don't care who invented this tech first. It's my first time seeing how far it has come. Let me be, lmao 😆

[@mehnameehjeff6325]

That’s because most billionaires dream and others work.

[@yogirajmore63]

All i hear is "Link Start"

[@Houndf]

@@mehnameehjeff6325 If the work is confined to the dreams of billionaires, then we should be appreciative of billionaires who dream big. The majority would rather most egregiously maintain the status quo and provide incremental improvements to maximize profit.

[@Fermistine]

yea you need an money and brain operation for it wana do it?

[@Rudzani]

@@Houndf Right, most of them are not to be trusted, Elon included.

[@joshharrington2355]

A universal code of conduct needs to be created for these technologies.

[@drthoughtprovoker1478]

It's too late. Elon was the only one trying to stop it. Now that he's joined its done. He warned us for years.

[@orshy1]

What body of power would you expect to enforce that code? Is there one powerful enough that could maintain your trust?

[@landcruiser77]

Is funny every single movie of extraterrestrial they act with sort of universal code of conduct. Maybe with heading that way🤔

[@joshharrington2355]

@@orshy1 That's a very tough one. There's so much corruption everywhere. I've heard about musk approaching different governmental bodies, but nobody bites on his warnings. He's said it's because they don't understand the scope of the technology, I think they understand the technology perfectly well, they just already have their plans in place for how it will be utilized, and that doesn't involve the annoyance of regulation, or ethics. Remember, new technology's usually been in development 20 years before it's presented to the general public.

[@joshharrington2355]

@@drthoughtprovoker1478 My understanding is that musk still stands with these technologies only being utilized to help the handicapped. That's cool by me. But how others will use them? I've watched/read a lot of sci fi in my life, some terrifying possibilities if things are left unchecked.

[@CHEETOCREW]

Please stop while y’all are ahead. This will be the end of us all…

[@saveir6601]

When my Grandpa seen my first cell phone (a flip phone) he said, “what a time to be alive” More than a decade later and we have this.. It’s crazy how much we are advancing technologically

[@Noutelus]

It seems like its going fast but its not. Its just a tiny computer. After the invention of the crossbow people also thought that every small improvement on the crossbow design was major advancement.

[@saveir6601]

@@Noutelus I disagree. Since we are 10x to 20x annually. Maybe more.. But hey that’s OK

[@Noutelus]

@@saveir6601 You can disagree all you want but many people in every age thought science was moving faster then it actually was.

[@saveir6601]

@@Noutelus Sure

[@Valve-Rayane]

@@Noutelus you must be delusional if u think technology isn't advancing at a rapid rate

[@alex.laurent]

We are truly entering a new era of technological advancements. what a time to be alive.

[@karadan100]

Neuralink has killed 98% of the 3000 monkeys it was used on. That is NOT very good tech.

[@jackfrost6268]

two minutes paper 🙂

[@zeus4634]

AMERICAAA again and again and again

[@joerunge3915]

15 of the 23 monkeys died in the experiments

[@Divineretribution7777]

No

[@takeobeats]

this incredible it feels like we’re living in a science fiction movie

[@martymaker]

Johny Mnemonic is becoming real... 🙈

[@sampreece3900]

We are living in a dystopian society. We lost the world wars to central banks. So yea, we pretty much are.

[@AmritenduRana31082000]

Only to people who are dumb.Industrial tech and research is way ahead than these.

[@nilon5327]

Science fiction is only fiction as long as it has not been done in the real world. Think about videocalls that have been portrayed as science fiction in the past but then became real.

[@taiidaniblues7792]

This was possible 20 years ago with no invasive brain surgery. There is literally a House MD episode that features this. The monkey doesn't know how to type. The letters it is supposed to hit are lighting up to tell it to look there. The tech to monitor brain activity to influence external things has existed for decades. The Neuralink engineers (not Muks) have created a version that goes inside the skull.

[@TheMidnightBeest]

You can tell Elon is nervous by so much of his stuttering 😂

[@LXNESTRRR]

The memory function is what makes this insane to me. Just imagine reading an entire book and knowing every little detail down maybe even down to word possibly with this technology. It’s actually scary the potential dangers this stuff brings.

[@NicholasSaliva]

Makes one think of how schooling and education will occur. It's also frightening, because imagine the thoughts that could implanted into our minds.

[@chunkywunky2679]

As a kid growing up I wondered if the future would have a thing you take that just teaches you an entire subject in school and you remember it. Now with this it could basically be that.

[@Scripterrific]

Imagine believing you have a recollection of a book which you never read or a memory of an experience which you never had. Inversely, your memory may be deleted like censored tweets and you’d have no idea the delete took place. Don’t worry though, you’d be happy; like the monkey. 🐒

[@heroshe7786]

Bro you will go insane because having memory didn't mean that you can access it everytime and if you can access it it will be horrible because it will completely effect on your cognition . However I am excited to see what our mask is done with an thise.

[@GameFiai]

You won’t read books, you will download them. Humanity will be one giant step closer to figuring out why and how we are here in the universe.

[@cngameygamez]

This is frightening and amazing all at the same time. Giving people their vision and mobility back. Tasking the body that's broken to work. This is bleeding edge stuff. If he pulls this off along with space exploration he will be remembered as one of the greatest minds of the century. I know HE didn't invent it, but his imagination birthed it.

[@3b0d1999]

In our current day and age, a person with an obscene amount of money, great vision, and managerial skills is far more important than any scientist. We are lucky to have a billionaire willing to explore these Sci-Fi areas and invest great amount of money during our lifetime.

[@amitakabari2281]

... how edison was... ironic how his car company is named Tesla.

[@serenacula3256]

Elon Musk has done a lot of cool stuff, but in this particular case his main contribution was money and willingness, not imagination. These ideas are not new, and we have been researching BCIs for a long time now. Money enables things like that (honestly incredible) robot that makes the surgery required dramatically safer.

[@jctai100]

To me it's more that he can man such wide ranging endeavours in the STEM field. He's not perfect but he has a lot of strengths and bandwidth of focus in one package.

[@cngameygamez]

@@serenacula3256 Absolutely, but as long as it funds things that can dramatically improve lives than keep the money flowing!

[@mounzowo279]

To be able to see through this advice basically means that you can see everything you project through it. So you could literally watch movies in first person or be able to access the Internet inside your brain. Virtual Reality is getting an upgrade

[@daily_snow918]

Sooo SAO

[@alexwanczyk5238]

Or, it could show you an unskipable ad that takes up your entire field of view and becomes your reality for as long as the advertiser wants.

[@BARZEL343]

Learn to fly any aircraft inside your own head. Start with a Cessna, purchase DLC for everything up to an F-35. Go to flight school in your sleep. Develop muscle memory through unlimited cockpit time, in every kind of visibility and weather conditions. Take the actual check ride IRL with a certified flight instructor when you're ready. So much potential.

[@user-uj9cc5ch5p]

You 're on the right path with your insight. Keep looking to the future. X-man

[@PPK-SLauGHter]

Couldn't this also potentially determine if a coma patient is conscious of their surroundings while comatose or that brain activity exists while they are comatose and have the possibility to recover? With the family's consent to install the device of course

[@b.russellallen6450]

In theory…yes. But I think informed consent would be a major issue. And I doubt family members will be willing to try something at this stage of development

[@angelffff7391]

There are aready tools for that. And less expensive no need for this

[@PPK-SLauGHter]

@@angelffff7391 if the patient is identified as concious then wouldn't this also allow for communication? Also what equipment have this functionality, genuinely curious?

[@whyisgamora4191]

@@PPK-SLauGHter fMRI scans can show us brain activation from which you can derive whether or not the person is conscious or not if you run some tests. And yes maybe this could allow conscious people in a comatose state to communicate, if the device is sophisticated enough.

[@PPK-SLauGHter]

@@whyisgamora4191 thank you

[@IanKayCey]

Just when I thought the next step up will be AR and VR, this man casually goes about typing telepathically.

[@reecebrauer7289]

hahaha yes!!

[@jesspeed]

Literally goes SAO.

[@ribertfranhanreagen9821]

In fact this crucial tech for vr and ar

[@MichelangeloDraconis]

All can be interoperable as well :) I wonder only that one thing is put yourself a helmet, and another is to be exposed to surgery in your brain, to later depend on tech support for any problem that can affect your health.

[@zeus4634]

AMERICAAA again and again and again

[@joshjmilli]

This is a Cyberpunk world now. The fact that this kind of neural implant exists now is mind blowing to me

[@tristan.orr22]

Absolutely mind blowing.

[@Phantraas]

More science fiction than cyberpunk lol. Although Elon has to 100% be a cyberpunk fan w everything he's come up with. I just hope he doesn't become the evil overlord 😂

[@donmangu.]

@@tristan.orr22 I have a feeling this reply might age horribly

[@fantasypvpvideos]

At this rate of progress, by 2077 Night City will be the norm.

[@joshjmilli]

@@fantasypvpvideos I think Night City might be a more optimistic scenario🤣

[@Robert-xn3dc]

I think that this is almost necessary for helping disabilities. But I still am terrified and know that we can have no real control of such technology once it is widely in use.

[@Bicrick]

This is incredible and truly inspiring. Science can restore hope for people who think life is lost. This is amazing and I am excited to see where it goes.

[@emberdrops3892]

For sure the people will be excited too after they got permanent brain damage from a malfunctioning Tesla Robot and subsequently getting their neural implant hacked

[@GrandChessboard]

LOL, what are you a child...

[@simulify8726]

Everything which comes with advantages also has disadvantages

[@MattTheTekie]

@@simulify8726 it does

[@themaskedfucker]

@@GrandChessboard Ah yes, the youtube comment section.

[@GorilieVR]

This is utterly incredible and revolutionary for humanity. Helping the blind to see and the paralyzed to walk is some biblical level miracle

[@mrcloud9750]

Yeah it's called the mark of the beast

[@Music-vr7sz]

@@mrcloud9750 Or Elon is the new messiah. All depends on which religious moron interprets it.

[@N0T_Dem0n]

What ever bro

[@araneamdzrap1727]

this is big and what lays ahead is even bigger ...endless possibilities ,for example with the new advancements in biology and this tech it could be possible to attach a new leg to someone and reanimate it , a new leg same as the one lost (using same DNA)......., what I'm trying to say is : this tech opens new doors for other fields of study.

[@mrcloud9750]

@@Music-vr7sz you call us the morons but you believe nothing created everything 😅

[@paulstaker8861]

In Ghost in the Shell 2, people read books because it's then a novelty to engage with non-digital, non-bodily implemented objects to receive information. Receiving & transmitting information directly into/from the brain has become the default mode of communication in that universe. It deeply scares me to think that I'd actually be alive to live in a time like that.

[@alejandrinos]

Sounds extremely cool to me. There was a ethical debate at the time, about if dumb or uneducated people should be allowed to vote. From a human rights perspective everyone should have the ability to decide they policies that rule their own society, from an utilitarian perspective uneducated people can be easily manipulated to vote one way or another based on frivolous reasons. If we could provide everyone with an instaneous upload of basic education up to uni level, that debate would be over.

[@paulstaker8861]

@@alejandrinos With the amount of fake information, useless entertainment & psychological manipulation that exists in the internet these days I wouldn't be confident that the avg. IQ would go up with this technology.

[@alejandrinos]

@@paulstaker8861 The idea is having a more educated population that can discern real information from fake and avoid being manipulated, and there's no such thing as useless entertainment, that's an oxymoron.

[@DjWyu]

@@alejandrinos educated countries seem to love sacrificing their black slaves in Africa nonchalant, especially for cheap computer parts. Your western "education" would be the gold standard right? Couldn't imagine being low class scum who isn't slave dependent who shouldn't vote.

[@WISEARIES89]

I am ready to get my cyborg body and join an elite crime stopping team lol.

[@SoloWingSasuke]

Imagine getting ur brain hacked. Then waking up to the secret service knocking on your door, loudly.

[@wattikins]

This is completely extraordinary. Imagine reversing blindness, paraplegia and spinal chord injury?! Totally revolutionary.

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

imagine controlling what people could even see ? or hear? Before the information even reached their brain...

[@Rocketbunny180sx]

This has absolutely nothing to do with blindness, paraplegia, and spinal chord injury.

[@timspilka4684]

@@Rocketbunny180sx Did you even watch the video?

[@MrNote-lz7lh]

@@SeaJay_Oceans That's what I am most hopeful for as someone who's perfectly healthy. The potential for games with this is mind blowing. We could literally become gods in our own virtual worlds. Or play games and actually feel like we are the main character. I just hope it happens within the next fifty years. I want to experience something like that within my lifetime.

[@heeroyui9439]

@@MrNote-lz7lh LOL. You can already feel that way in games just stop being bad.

[@nsmilitia]

We are truly biological machines. Excited to see this develop and to see the results for people that have never walked, give vision to the blind, just giving people a chance to experience the gift of life that many people take it granted for.

[@ShawnSavageTeachings]

Yes and every machine has a creator

[@livelikekings8968]

With every technological breakthrough comes the ability for those who want to manipulate the technology for their own gain. It’s Human Nature, As much as there are good people wanting to do good, there is the polar opposite. Just because we have the ability to create eternal life or walk on water doesn’t mean we should. “Do as thou wilt” comes to mind when I see this type of technology. More so who writes the law here? What about the Morals and ethics . We can play the whole “greater good” but that too is subjective and open to interpretation. I see lots of slippery slopes here.

[@kamenet]

We can grow neurons. The establishment is not interested in developing naturally occurring replacement systems when they can make so much more money ( and harvest data/ gain inappropriate accesses; anyone seen Noah Harari discuss " hackable human" minds?) with artificial systems.

[@MrSladej]

Yeah, that's the sales pitch alright

[@overbored617]

@@chewbacca7951 lets keep all the blinds be blind! all cripples stay cripple! all brain damaged patients stay brain damaged!

[@danyahanin7747]

Can't wait for ads to be streamed directly into my brain till I buy the subscription plan

[@jessicaschmitt1349]

Working as a nurse on a neurosurgery unit- I would be highly against this. The brain is not something we can just access and put a chip into and expect everything to be roses. Our brains are extremely complicated and the side effects this could have are scary! I read what happened to the monkeys they put these in and it’s horribly sickening. Poor monkeys. Can’t believe people would be open to this. You could die. Or worse- have brain damage and live as a vegetable. How could you trust the “parts” of this chip? What if they malfunction? Nope. Just no.

[@eugkra33]

Imagine if Steven Hawking were alive, and he was able to finally talk at a normal rate again.

[@ViridianFlow]

Actually they made him many upgrades to his speech device while he was alive, but his famous voice was actually made for him by one of his dear friends who died shortly after creating it for him, so he refused to upgrade the voice as he liked that it connected him to his friend.

[@joet9207]

@@ViridianFlow Damn I didn't know that.

[@Lumiauczy]

He could tell too much. He was a puppet only in hands of murderers.

[@FlaxeMusic]

@@ViridianFlow Beat me to it. We had far superior speech synthesis when Steven was still alive.

[@Robisquick]

At first I was like “how are they going to know exactly which lower motor neurons to activate amongst a wide group of people”? And then I realized that they are going to have to program it based on the feedback of each human they are putting it in to then program the movements that work most comfortably for the individual. Simply fascinating. Your can kinda see Fourier patterns in the test. This is super fascinating and will only get better and better.

[@ozziew007]

This is where artificial neural networks come in. They are awesome at identify patterns. It will not need to be programmed individually for each person. The algorithm just needs to learn the response and save it like a human config file. (I’m obviously not an expert in the field so it’s probably a lot more complex but I’m confident this is a core part)

[@luckerowl8990]

@@ozziew007 this sounds EXACTLY like something Musk would say and I do not mean that as a compliment in any fashion

[@Glanthor88]

@@luckerowl8990 this is EXACTLY like something people with more than 2 braincells would say and i do not mean that as a compliment in any fashion.

[@buffnipz]

@@Glanthor88 I think I have less than 2 brain cells judging by how little I understand any of what is being discussed here

[@maxluong2]

Good points, yeah there's no "express installation" yet. I dont know how differently each brain is but it seems like it would have to be a custom job on each person

[@Itsvicu]

It’s crazy seeing him say he is planning to restore vision while at the same time having seen him chilling in the full send podcast.

[@Sir_BoazMutatayi]

It’s not him. He has a team of scientists & researchers

[@Torjus_]

@@Sir_BoazMutatayi Everyone knows hes not doing it alone. Anyone who has had a bad leader will know how valuable strong leadership is.

[@Feefa99]

@@Torjus_ Yeah, all stuff Elon is doing with Twitter is very inspiring xD

[@ok4405]

@@Sir_BoazMutatayi well elon isn't the only billionaire why isn't anyone able to do such stuff at this scale??

[@darius8652]

@@ok4405 most billionaire are just enjoying their money and keeping it safe in less risky investment.

[@mitchh6]

There is a lot that is impressive about this… but that surgical robot is really something. I work in surgery every day with robots and that robot is absurdly advanced.

[@HippieP629]

I struggled to keep up w/ the terminology but from what i gather this is incredible. Absolutely incredible.

[@Reth_Hard]

I agree. Imagine that you own a big factory, you could implant this on your workers and use them like robots. If implanted correctly, this could increase your production by a lot! The best thing is that while working your workers could watch TV with one eye while the implant would be using the other one to do some work!

[@mog_3825]

@@Reth_Hard That sounds horrible

[@nicknorthcutt7680]

This is just mind blowing... can't believe this is becoming a reality.

[@hezowrld]

me too, highly excited for what the future has in store for us

[@707josh]

Yeah I was kind of nervous since I’m 22 and didn’t see a HUGE boom in technological advances yet. I definitely think this is the final step into a different evolution of man. We’re seeing history right now

[@InevrAsked4This]

@@707josh I think you need to calm down and rethink just what could happen

[@bradsmith175]

@@707josh transhumanism

[@Sangejzer]

But it isn't. It's just another Musk scam to lure investors in

[@jamiestewart7327]

I've never even imagined walking again.... After you lose anything, you adapt. I didn't think it would be in my lifetime that I would see someone commit time and money towards a solution. After you've sorted the kinks out I'll be second in line 👍🏽😁🤞🏽❤

[@slothguy_]

good luck man! I hope you can walk again

[@ribertfranhanreagen9821]

There is already bionic for hand that can move by tough,and feel texture. Probably same with leg. Try look at this company

[@eduardtarniceriu102]

I wish you all the best

[@Balian1193]

@@ribertfranhanreagen9821 Keep your limps and wait for Neurolink.

[@llNightRoudll]

@The Duke and the earth is flat right?

[@WorIdwideMillionaire]

Neuralink is going to change humanity forever for better and worse, it’s an unstoppable force at this point. I’m both excited, and terrified for what’s to come.

[@coenh8735]

I once saw a video of AI's theory of humans evolution. It started with an ape to an humanoid and it slowly turned to some type of robot and the end result where some type of wires. This kinda reminds me of that.

[@techne_]

You can't be both. You're probably thrilled because of the terror. Just like in horror movies that purple love to watch.

[@barrymore87]

@@techne_ dumb

[@TUHANbukanorangARAB]

@@coenh8735 The Borg are an alien group that appear as recurring antagonists in the Star Trek fictional universe. The Borg are cybernetic organisms (cyborgs) linked in a hive mind called "the Collective". The Borg co-opt the technology and knowledge of other alien species to the Collective through the process of "assimilation": forcibly transforming individual beings into "drones" by injecting nanoprobes into their bodies and surgically augmenting them with cybernetic components. The Borg's ultimate goal is "achieving perfection" "Resistance Is Futile." *(Elon Musk, Alien Must be)*

[@N1otAn1otherN1ame]

Man has "decided" it is unstoppable. Like man has decided we "have to" drop bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We forgot that humanity is actually in charge of techonology but let it work the other way around. We deserve every last bit of misery which will evolve with this.

[@maikiviri]

I get we live in a tough world so this kind of stuff is needed but it can get crueler with this being weaponized and used as a form of control. I just hope this is in the right hands, restoring someone’s vision is on its way to what Gods do

[@Stephen_Viele]

Most anything could be used for evil. I understand your concerns but at the same time, it could be said about a lot of things. Cars, Guns, The internet, security cameras, the government, the list goes on. I don't think we as a civilization should fear new tech but we also need to understand that at some point someone WILL try to take advantage of it. Whether that's something small like making it stupid expensive or on a darker note destroying 100s of 1000s of people's lives. This is why we should embrace the advancements but do everything in our power to safeguard the user and bystanders before ever releasing it to the public. I still personally think we are quite a ways from this being something that everyone has in their head. I feel it will stay mostly a medical device for most of our lives. With the exception of some event taking place where people either need to have the device for some unforeseen reason or are forced to.

[@petertyldesley6542]

Or, more to the point, what gods don't do.

[@petertyldesley6542]

@BlackLivesMatter right, well that was 2000 years ago. Not much use for people who can't see today.

[@petertyldesley6542]

@BlackLivesMatter I imagine by your strong opinion on this that you must be blind. Clearly, only a bind person would be able to comment on such a matter. I would have thought that a lot of blind people would gladly pay a lot of money to have their vision restored, even if there were ongoing costs. But what can I say? I'm not blind, so my opinion is invalid.

[@petertyldesley6542]

@BlackLivesMatter but you're not blind, let people who are blind decide what they do or do not want.

[@krox477]

Imagine getting software updates to brain.

[@MasterKey2004]

Imagine getting bugs

[@greggnicholas8228]

Much like The Matrix. Learn kung fu in seconds.

[@reecebrauer7289]

@@greggnicholas8228 Its coming for sure lol

[@bobdravs6902]

Now imagine it being a subscription based service... Oops, you forgot to pay, we will be locking access to your brain until you do.

[@jacknguyen4014]

Imagine getting ads

[@shaferbro]

Incredible advancement in human technology with scary implications. This seems like something that could be incredibly dangerous, and I suspect it will require an incredible amount of care to prevent this from being used in unintended ways. The sky really seems to be the limit here.

[@charlottebowes7666]

Certainly is, still nothing beats the speed of the light 💋

[@Tate_THG]

That’s not likely, in reality once this technology is proven possible everyone will try to make their own. And just because our country likes to play fair doesn’t mean others will. Unless somehow this tech is protected like the krusty crab formula it’s inevitable

[@charlottebowes7666]

@@Tate_THG No worries, remember the formula was a big nothing to keep others away from the chum bucket…😎💋

[@yanick0207]

@@charlottebowes7666 False, technically wormholes and Quantum entanglement beat the speed of light in some way

[@ecogreen123]

@@yanick0207 like you would expect in both "the sky seems to be the limit" and "nothing beats the speed of light" metaphors, there is a way but it's still very hard.

[@cordinarcher1054]

Here are my takeaways with regard to capabilities and some conjecture extrapolated from the demonstrations: 1. They can track your eye movement, but not just your eye movement, they can also track the eye movement commands sent by the brain to the eye muscles. 2. They can read neurological signals and interpret them with sufficient resolution to visualize your thoughts. Low resolution maybe, but still reproduce your thoughts. 3. Because they can read neurological signals, they also have the capability to write commands to the brain. This means, as demonstrated, they can force your body to move, just as they did to the pig. 4. They can deploy the "threads" of their implant device at the visual cortex, enabling them to occlude your own visual signals, replacing the original with visual signals of their own. This means they can effectively blind you and replace your vision with what they want you to see. If this is possible with vision, then it's also possible with hearing and even touch. They are capable of "restoring" the senses of a handicapped person, but also of replacing the senses of a normal person. 5. The interface device or "modem" connects to an iPhone or similar device. In summation: This device can control your body and your perception of the world around you. Because it provides direct input to your brain, you may have trouble differentiating reality from "neuralink" world. There is no discussion of a manual disconnect, no discussion of security mechanisms that might protect the device from being hacked, jammed, or remotely overloaded. No discussion of how to circumvent or overcome the device once it has been implanted. No consideration of who will be in control of YOU at the end of the day. It represents complete and total control over the wearer of the device. You are no longer autonomous, you are no longer in control of yourself, you are no longer free in any sense of the world. Not even in your mind. And everyone praises this work? Seems quite dubious to me. But neveryoumind. It's the work of a hero, a billionaire, a maverick...a...good man? Everything he touches turns to gold, everything he conceives of is good, and there is no reason to question this technology or its potential uses or misuse....

[@tigaagul7]

Nearly all technology has been misused this doesn't mean we should stop new tech. All government is a set of controls via rules and punishment therefore no one is autonomous. Religion is a control system again with rules and punishment, no one is autonomous. Culture is a set of values, you are not autonomous. Most people are fearful of anything they don't clearly understand, case in point is your arguments.

[@cordinarcher1054]

@@tigaagul7 That's a fair assessment. I am a person who does not believe in "solutions". I believe only in tradeoffs. Each person must make the tradeoffs that best suit them as an individual. I'm not suggesting we should stop all new tech. I agree with your statement that all technologies are double-edged swords. They can cut for good and they can cut for evil. It's important then, to pay attention to who controls the tech and their motivations. It's important to ask ourselves the question, "This will provide new capabilities, but at what cost?" We must take a step back from our hopes for the cripple and our dreams of a technological future and look at our options objectively and dispassionately. Sometimes we find that we don't have to give up the advances; we simply find a better way to achieve them. In my personal opinion, this technology is a trap that will end personal autonomy. You may be perfectly willing to give away your freedom. That is your prerogative. So far, no one has been able to commandeer my mind. No government, no religion, no culture has been able to take from me my ability to think and act as an individual with full control of my faculties. Perhaps you gave your autonomy away a long time ago. Maybe it was never an important thing to you. If so, that's fine. But I have been utilizing my free thought. I have been in control of myself. For me, I will not relinquish the freedom of my mind so easily. No. There are other ways to heal the infirm. We don't need to rob them of their freedom to do it.

[@SkyHize]

@@cordinarcher1054 That's where you're wrong though. You're not immune to propaganda, you're not immune to culture, you're not immune to environmental programming. You're also the results of all these things, and the fact that you're convinced of otherwise makes it the ultimate irony. You're only convinced to be free, and to a certain extent, you are, but you're also convinced to be above all of it. The programming worked.

[@cordinarcher1054]

@@SkyHize I never made the claim that I am immune to any of those things. I don't think anyone is. But each of those things has a counter balance. When you have a physical implant in your brain, there is no counter balance to that. It's a complete submission of control to another person you don't know. You don't have any answer to that, and that's fine. If you personally wish to submit to being physically controlled by others, then you go right ahead. I will do nothing to stand in your way. My comment simply serves as the aforementioned counter balance to the sales pitch in the video. That's all I'm doing. I'm simply reminding people to think critically and challenge everything they hear as a "solution" by considering the trade-offs.

[@janberger2339]

I am quadruplegic since 2019, can't write this off tbh

[@tokage503]

I don’t like this at all, it seems too dangerous and super computers and ai could already have gone out of control, this technology could be good but it is way to dangerous to be used. I don’t think any human would want a chip implanted into them.

[@dqena]

are you talking about the CIAs super computer in which controls specific minds of unsuspecting people?

[@infid3l]

Man!! We’re truly living in the future!! Thanks for whoever helping us achieving this.

[@Yaoo914]

it's exciting yet scary

[@valentinecm]

@@Yaoo914 fear is a limitation

[@Yaoo914]

@@valentinecm I understand that you’re trying to sound philosophical. But it’s corny lol

[@Flat_Earth_Addy]

You LIKE this???

[@LSK2K]

@@Yaoo914 It is corny but you can't push the boundaries of science while being afraid all the time.

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

I'm visually disabled, this really gives me hope for the future!! My Ophthalmologist told me as a kid in the 80's "We may be able to fix everything in the future, but not yet" I hope it's soon.

[@magnamic5614]

I’m in a similar boat. I was told a donor implant might be rejected by my body so I’m better to wait until tech gets better or might go fully blind from rejection. I’ve been waiting years and never thought this day would come in my lifetime.

[@harperho9158]

This is truly mind blowing. Would’ve never imagined this high level of technology has achieved in today’s world. I think I won’t see those sci-fi as “too” imaginative anymore. Scientists are amazing!

[@averageanon007]

it would be truly mind blowing if it could explode

[@pdorism]

That's really nothing new though.

[@Renovatio2142]

every human is saying the same in every era of his life from beginning of existence. ;)

[@axolet]

@@averageanon007 nothing that a good ol shotgun can't too

[@jonnym4670]

It's basically we have no idea how the brain works but we just stuck some senors in then for fun

[@grantrogers1858]

When mans intellect is out of balance with his wisdom you get technology like this.

[@yaMothaIsArid]

What a time to be alive 😮can’t wait to see some videos of people that have been blind all their life see for the first time. I’d probably cry

[@LectricLetus]

You haven't seen the short of the little boy who hears his parents voices for the first time? They all cried and I shed a tear myself.

[@yaMothaIsArid]

@@LectricLetus yes I have 😭 I’m literally just thinking about it now and my eyes are watery af. I just wanted to squeeze that lil kid to death, if you know what I mean

[@yaMothaIsArid]

@Summit313 I def thought about that, someday we’ll have new laws where hacking into peoples brain will give you an automatic life/death sentence 😂😂

[@JayFromFarmState]

That clip with the pig's leg muscles contracting is so mind blowing to me, and the fact that they can stimulate different muscle groups is so so cool. Imagine what this could do for paraplegics or even quadriplegics. Truly fascinating stuff!

[@mohe81]

Yeah, or for soldiers that refuse to shoot children. We could finally get rid of this inconvenience.

[@shanktheglobe954]

I found it disturbing. No one should have direct access to your brain. this is what is being promoted here, 100% enslavement of the mind. it's coming... People need to stop this before it's too late. The dangers far outweigh the benefits. Don't let resistance be futile.

[@Flesh_Wizard]

Add in some synthetic muscles and you have literal cyborg commandos on the battlefield

[@user-tp5hn1nt6w]

@@mohe81only you want this

[@gamechannel1271]

Your friends probably don't like you and just put up with you. We are seeing major paraplegic health breakthroughs and you can only focus on some extremely unlikely doomsday scenario.

[@jwaffle42]

Elon: "I'm really scared of Ai progressing and getting more dangerous." (Builds technology to insert into your brain)

[@grawa4278]

If you are the ai, you do not fear the ai

[@jlrieper]

We communicate at the speed of language. Our thoughts have to be filtered into verbal or written language in order to be shared. AI does not have this restriction of interaction or engagement. If we as humans will need to compete with AI we already have lost. With this tech, we could increase our engagement to the speed of thought. Spend some time to truly think about the possibilities that opens.

[@Chris-cf2kp]

Well, the alternative is that he would be going about building these things without considering all of the ways in which they could go wrong. Now, that would be far worse. Or even, if he was considering those things and not mentioning them because it was his goal.. Seems he has the right direction. Or at least the sane one.

[@ecogreen123]

why make ai when we could become it, not artificially created intelligence like you would think using the word "a.i." but artificially supported intelligence, or "a.s.i." as i have just dubbed it.

[@darkvaultminigaming6368]

He’s built this because he’s scared of AI; if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Elon knows it’s too late to stop a sentient AI

[@anupama987]

According to Elon Musk, by around 2050, about 1 million people will insert Neura-link chip on their head. Well, that's insane

[@ta_93]

more cause i'm lazy i wanna control things with brain

[@Dtella55]

It's all to destroy humanity not help what a way to take over the world by taking over people's mind and thinking...

[@aaronhartwig1984]

Elon: Robots could take over the world. Also Elon: Here’s a neural microchip that controls your body.

[@leeandsarahsworld8091]

The ability to turn anyone into a hit man for 10 mins with no memory of what they just done.

[@pickitupdope]

ohh scary

[@yo_lo2984]

who’s not to say that’s what’s been happening with some of these mass tragedies, some “tests”

[@Noutelus]

So they have the ability to turn someones brain off without him dieing, gain control over his senses and get feedback, control all his functiuons (heart, kidneys etc) so he wont die, gain so much controll over his limbs that he can succesfully carry out a hit, wipe his memory and then make it so his normal brain functions take over again. People are idiots.

[@hypno5690]

Hollywood movies are just like real life, smart take.

[@MrHammerman97]

@@yo_lo2984 MK Ultra type vibes but swap LSD with Technology, The Unibomber spoke on this.

[@the-witness8811]

This research is basically going at light speed! Congrats on the progress so far and I can't wait to see the Neuralink in action helping restore function to people in need. Projects like this truly give me hope for humanity.

[@steevoka]

The main goal is to implant this into everyone so that an AI can better and more efficiently control and manage us. Well done for selling your humanity

[@sampreece3900]

You are part of the research. It's in your blood.

[@zebatov]

People like you don’t see how they’re going to weaponise this, eh? You fall for the “safety”, “benefits” and “convenience” ploy every time.

[@sampreece3900]

@@zebatov They already have with the vaccinations.

[@KAYYELI]

You're so frugal

[@kev.s5104]

Remember incredible inventions can either be incredibly bad or incredibly good.

[@fearad10]

Wow! This truly something i didn't think I would be seeing during my life time

[@sexpistill]

Yep that thing is 3cm thick and you must charge it while it is inside your skull via induction. truely amazing stuff

[@Steen3S]

I so agree with this and I’m 25 😅

[@Mexico-City888]

u will

[@zeus4634]

AMERICAAA again and again and again....

[@cngameygamez]

@@sexpistill "Yep", same concept as a chochlear implant. Yet they help the deaf. Like an implant they can make the battery external as well. Would you rather avoid the awful hastle of charging a device or have freakin legs dude. For real, small potatoes.

[@DPSAX95]

This kind of progress should always go hand in hand with DEEP exploration of the ethics involved. I think we all can agree that the terrible scenarios stemming from these unfoldments could be detrimental.

[@NewWorldBorder]

dont fear monger, specify what terrible scenarios

[@mokenOS]

@@NewWorldBorder specify fear mongerin

[@jehandelange6266]

most important comment.

[@mikec5400]

The good far outweighs all the conspiracy theory mumbo jumbo. The government isnt gonna start controlling your brains.

[@keylime2998]

Elon was the one I trusted to do this right until he went nuts on Twitter. That trust is gone!

[@karamanlidis4]

It’s neat to see these, but all I can think of is: - What if you damage the brain or spinal cord - What if someone can hack the system itself - What if the system doesn’t operate as it should (knee bends forward 90 degrees instead of backwards 90 degrees - What are the long term effects, if any - How durable is the material and how can one get “a replacement” if it’s damaged (say a car accident) - Speaking of damage during an accident, what would happen to the actual links I don’t know... I just don’t see why this makes much, if any, actual real life logic. Some may benefit, sure, but others may get it like they do a new phone every year or two: it’s not needed, they just do it because it’s the top tech. I doubt I’d ever use this myself, coming from a catastrophic brain injury myself, I know how delicate the brain is and what tampering with it the wrong way can lead too.

[@fireteamomega2343]

You're absolutely right they aren't anywhere close to long term safe usage or achieving what he claims. Neurons use very precise potassium and sodium ion exchange of electrical potential in channels in a complex way to create a neural network. That's essentially nanoscale work... but trust us yes we don't have nanotech devices we're just going to sew some wires in and apply current ok 😅

[@Malick333]

“We should be very concerned about AI. Oh, and here’s a way for us to be controlled by it … “

[@mothmorrow2960]

Exactly what I was thinking. I'm more concerned about other humans mis-using it than AI though.

[@pilotintraining18ify]

Am i the only one who sees the weaponization aspect of this. Could you imagine, having the ability to control an animal (us included) just by injecting needles and having a controler... This is scary stuff

[@Godwinsname]

For sure!

[@JoJoRogain]

A pack of silverback gorillas in jet packs and exoskeletons for your uses

[@mrcloud9750]

Or someone remotely controls you and makes you do crazy things

[@superdays7933]

Controlling an animal could be used to go into areas that humans can't fit or is too dangerous for us when robots can't Although controlling an animal is just a little bit unethical.

[@JoJoRogain]

@@mrcloud9750 New Trevor Rampage missions unlocked! Purchase your copy of GTA VII today

[@TheyoutubeOG]

This is the beginning of true VR tech, you can beam images into a persons brain

[@H_Is_One]

Maybe - that is if the technology can advance to a level where it is externally done without implants. I would guess that not THAT many people would be willing to do surgery to play true VR

[@dustinwillow5484]

Why does he stutter with basic words and send out the advanced words with conviction and fluency 😂

[@VanLupen]

This technology is actually older than most people think, when I was a kid I went to this learning institute to help with my ADHD. And they had this tech, they had this game like flappy bird, where we’d control a plane around obstacles with our mind.

[@Nikkirael]

I saw this technology when went to a museum and we moved pinballs with our minds

[@ronblack7870]

so why are there still quadriplegics ? you know the iphone has been around since 1885 right. i mean bell invented the phone then so nothing new with the iphone . it makes phone calls.

[@VanLupen]

@@Nikkirael There’s another example! It still blows my mind how it picks up on our will power.

[@VanLupen]

@@ubersuperboss7761 I wouldn’t say I’m very wrong it’s generally the same tech I didn’t say it was the exact same thing. But yeah! it just picked up on the electromagnetic waves and on threshold barriers to determine input, so rad!

[@PozytyffTv]

I'm probably wrong, but there is something to worry about at 1:32. So the monkey doesn't look at the screen anymore because he gets fruits, yet the cursor goes to and around the highlighted button. It almost looks like “positive” and “negative”, or “focus” and “no focus” rather than really connecting or reading his mind. Actually they record only activity, what we already could do, but in more advanced way. While it's impressive that they can insert the device in the monkey without killing it, it's nothing usable either for monkey or for people. Sacrifices needs to be made to advance and get somewhere, but USA seems like specializing in wasting money into something what just looks good in presentations, but has no actual value.

[@alejandrinos]

This is only my guess, but it looks like the cursor is not being controlled by his mind, but more like following the pulses of the muscles that move the eyes. That'd explain why the cursor moves like that, with the monkey looking back and forth to the grapes in his hand and the grapes remaining in the researcher's hand.

[@cytixify]

This can be used to control humans in a real world game.

[@recommendationdumpster5905]

yep, how fun

[@evolvedfish]

Remember when he said he was distancing himself from this technology and a.i. and then he fully embraced both?

[@Dtella55]

All a trick using psychology to trick the masses to gain humanity's trust for his agenda...

[@meh3868]

I watched the entire stream and saw the section where they were talking about restoring vision but I didn’t fully understand how it would work. What would the process look like, would you be able to see like any other person or would it be different? I’d appreciate an answer! It’s important to me since I’m half blind and see badly from my working eye which is the consequence of a big brain tumor surgery.

[@mage4674]

3:30 on the right u see an image and on th eleft you see a translation of it that a phone would make and send to your brain. I imagine the dots are basically like pixels to our brain, and thus a resolution that could improve overtime as they state that first product will have 64 wires. But I could be wrong.

[@meh3868]

@@mage4674 thanks for the reply, I do understand it better now. I just have one more question so as of now if you were to have the neuralink for restoring your vision, the vision you get wouldn’t be as good as the vision normal people have?

[@UdarangaWickramasinghe]

At the moment, they seems to be working on skipping the eye+optic nerve and directly connecting to the visual cortex. If your brain tumor damaged your optic nerve, this is going to be directly relevant for you. If it damaged a part of your visual cortex, the answer is not 100% clear.

[@glodynkuansambu-peterson5024]

Hi, Mr. Meh. I read your comment and I was interested and I'm sorry for what happened to you. I also find myself in practically the same situation as you. Let me explain; I was diagnosed with a brain tumour, but sincerely I have not yet been convinced that I will have surgery for fear of having other consequences as a result of this operation because the brain is a very very sensitive organ. With your experience, what could you suggest to me?

[@sephjfox]

The light from the environment, as captured by a motion camera, would be translated into a series of signals and relayed directly into the corresponding parts of the brain that would normally be receiving them. The amount of detail would be reduced, but the person could see just fine to navigate on foot without an issue.

[@yoerikpalafox]

Some time in a few years, someone will be Rick rolled through neural link 😂

[@mrcloud9750]

Dead meme

[@Divineretribution7777]

Or just killed. Switched off.

[@mrcloud9750]

@@Divineretribution7777 the black screen of death Youll be hearing of that in 7 months

[@marshallmcluhan33]

Many will also be forced to kill I imagine. Thank God Musk is a notorious liar or I'd be worried.

[@amensandhu705]

@@mrcloud9750 Yeah you'll be the first lmao

[@scottymiller4396]

This has shown me that we are way closer to full dive VR than I thought. We already have ideas for how to input visual data. And, we have a method for inputting signals into nerves for muscle movement which I imagine would also be possible to intercept signals to put into a machine.

[@sonario6489]

We also have tech for all the senses in vr

[@jensenraylight8011]

i can also screw up your healthy brain and turn it into a mush, and you'll be in a potato like state for your next 80 years, sounds like fun oh, you're sleeping while updating the OS, guess what, it corrupt the OS. now your entire brain have to be reformatted. 30+ years worth of knowledge going down the drain

[@kingof206]

Gaming in the future will be crazy. Gonna transport you right into it the game itself. Call of duty real life modern warfare 4

[@infiniity5529]

@@kingof206 we’re already in a Simulation

[@bleujaun]

We're really not THAT close. Elon is really good at hyping and overselling ideas that arent even his own. He is not an innovator. More like a thief.

[@mantyxxx]

I've watched Ghost in the Shell too many times to know how it could possibly end.

[@Killakevmo]

Elon is afraid of AI but all in on total recall

[@irok1]

Fair

[@joshkuczak1585]

You'll notice that the product their mentioning here is nowhere near as advanced as what he was talking about on JRE podcast. Because the initial purpose of this is very specific and therefore the usage is limited to only the injury being cured. They're still far away from the advanced neurolink device that Elon was daydreaming about on a podcast.

[@_GandalfTheGrey_]

He already said his position very clearly. Since nobody would head his warnings about AI, he thought the least he could do would be to give his best attempt to prevent the worst form of AI

[@theproblemmustbeinyourpant5910]

This would be terrifying if abused… And as with all technologies, it probably will be.

[@alejandrinos]

It would take a truly demented individual to go all: "Jump my little puppet!! Jump!" on a bunch of treated paraplegics just for fun. I'd put it very low on the scale of possible scenarios, there's a much higher chance of some crackhead randomly stabbing you in the neck on the streets.

[@jim6186]

@@alejandrinos you are very naive

[@unemployedgringo]

@@jim6186 tell me about it

[@BTODDTHEG]

@@alejandrinos Never gamble my friend you wouldnt last

[@The_Quaalude]

@@jim6186 you clearly don't live in a major city. The odds of a homeless fent addict stabbing me while I walk down the street is a lot higher than someone hacking my brain chip. Go experience the real word...

[@tankgojet2468]

The video has shown all the technologies that is needed to hijack another person's body, and control it remotely. The return of the body snatcher .

[@rebecavillanova7622]

I agree with you. And we are living in a world that is rapidly turning to a dystopia, a fake democracy. Democratic elections in the United States or Canada is a farce.

[@gabe1542]

This is such a stupid comment. The device is going to be implanted into the person itself, they’re manipulating a pigs movement to just demo how it works. Once the chip is implanted the human itself has FULL autonomy, literally the opposite of what ur saying

[@tankgojet2468]

@@gabe1542 I don't want to explain in detail, just let your stupid mind figure it out, if you can

[@abbsbrady7264]

is nobody noticing how much power this puts into a person? this is horrifying.

[@prof_shixo]

For people aware of EEG signals, a task that depends on eye movements like the shown keyboard demo is quite easy to implement as you would get very strong and clear signals from the eye muscles to mark the direction of movement for the mouse. The imaginary tasks that don't involve eye movements are way more challenging to model using brain EEG signals. You could achieve same results with eye movement tracking electrodes placed on the face not inside the brain.

[@FritzyFreak]

Like so many people have said before, the tech shown in this event and past have been done before. Nothing new

[@user-ol5bj4dm2v]

@@FritzyFreak Yes but many more people than that are giving the impression that it's some kind of revolution. It's not obvious to most people that this stuff is not new.

[@ironheavenz]

Yes but neuralink achieves that wirelessly using only one small chip and this is just the beginning of the journey

[@DontThinkSo11]

Even if you could extract eye muscle movement, it wouldn't be sufficient to perform this demo, as translating eye motion to screen position requires you to also know head position, which isn't being controlled here.

[@FritzyFreak]

@@ironheavenz You do realize many other companys do that aswell? Right? NeruaLink isnt some sort of new revolutionary device, the best thing they've done is the machine that implants it but thats nothing but engineering more then neural science. The brain implant inself isnt anything special. Just cut open a hole in your skull put some electrodes in that corresponds to a small chip on the outside that feeds that info to a computer. This is like I said, nothing new or special like they let on.

[@strollas]

i wasnt expecting to see advanced technology like this, as early as now. wow!

[@Dziaji]

It’s not real. This company is a fraud.

[@explicitreverberation9826]

Cell phones were given in a briefcase in the Whitehouse in the 40s or 50s. The kind most of us are holding right now. It was a trade for something else we had and we were told to slow release it, and we did.

[@Dulc3B00kbyBrant0n]

@@explicitreverberation9826 take the brain chip slave

[@explicitreverberation9826]

@@Dulc3B00kbyBrant0n Lol nah, I'm on the way up silly.

[@miscellaneousz2681]

@@explicitreverberation9826 no it wasn’t you schizophenic

[@4DCResinSmoker]

Well here's likely to be the major issue with this tech... The brain mapping isn't very likely to be the same for each person. Thus would likely have to be "discovered" and mapped for each individual. Beyond this the issue the tech could be used in some really dark ways, effectively turning someone into a slave without them realizing what they are really doing. After all, our perception is our reality. Control what people experience, then you can control their both their thought and actions.

[@amarpatel4899]

Beauty of AI. It’ll be able to map it out given enough examples

[@loryen3215]

But who is to say, our brain platicity will not identify the sudden gain in movement or vision as a positive effect of the neuralink and conform the brain to work around the device, I'm not implying that that is how it will work but I am fairly confiudent that as humans we can probably adapt and make much better use of a device like this than a monkey can...

[@TheWaken]

I could imagine they have thought about this already.

[@fireteamomega2343]

I remember reading about some dark program the CIA supposedly did in the 60s called Lazarus. The idea was to remote control cadavers as soldiers or kamikazes placing explosive or biological devices inside the corpses. They supposedly sewed electrodes into muscle groups and it was better to use the fresh dead because the muscle reaction would degrade over a short time period within a few hours.

[@TheHighPhilosopher]

Neuralink uses ML during the training phase to understand and interpret each persons' signals

[@pulkitkumar3206]

Either eliminate AI from the equation or eliminate this. I am not putting a chip in my brain that regulate my mood in the world where an advanced AI exists.

[@JW-kx1oo]

Imagine give a power figure(fill in the blank) the ability to tap into you mind wirelessly. What could go wrong?

[@DFILL450]

There's a lot of incredible technology that's been developed over the last 20 years, but this is the first one that truly makes me feel like I'm living in a sci-fi future.

[@Supreme.Shinobi]

His on stage persona and twitter persona are two completely different people 😂😂

[@jimmyog]

he’s now trying to cure snowflake syndrome and bad journalism/fake news on twitter by purchasing it and repurposing the app… allowing freedom of speech, guy’s a hero

[@danielkatona8778]

When you realize this whole thing is basically a scam, the picture start comming together.

[@deamooz9810]

It’s not like he himself is developing all this stuff

[@Magnetar_StarHeart]

@@danielkatona8778 go on?

[@earlgrey2130]

@@Magnetar_StarHeart How many of his exciting products he had presentations on that were promised "soon" have actually ever hit the market or even just a working prototype? There is no hyperloop, no robo-taxis, no self-driving cars, no AI, no solar roofs, no underground tunnel speedways, no mission to mars.. none of it has ever been more than a promise. What musk did is produce an electric car. A decent one.. granted. But everything else has been nothing but selling vaporware. Dreams that sound exciting to push the stock price and gullible people fall for. But the bubble will burst with the twitter fiasco. Just wait and see. The boat is already sinking, the rats are leaving the ship and people start to see the scams for what they are. Musk is going to be the next elisabeth holmes.

[@karmicavenger3551]

The opportunities to help those without mobility shows great promise. They already have some brain interfaces now, but this looks smaller and better. The signals basically look like a robust EEG. Getting the signals to actually restore mobility will be the hard part. We can already read brainwaves from the forehead, but much less signal. For the non-disabled it seems like a better idea to focus on VR and AR with brainwave reading capabilities. The things that can go wrong with skull holes and brain strings are vast not to mention hackers that are already prevalent all over the world. Maybe keep it a medical device until the brains are secure. Also, couldn’t an EMP take out a future implanted population?

[@ranguy1379]

2:25 this is basically the matrix tech!

[@andreabrembilla6466]

Elon: scared of AI Also Elon: creates a chip which will link to your brain that has wireless internet access.

[@ShiroNekoDen]

Did you forget that part where the ultimate goal of nueralink is ai symbiosis so we don't get singularitied into oblivion, cause a self aware ai got nervous about the flailing monkeys near it's power source.

[@darma_ose]

If you can't beat them... Join them 😂 I guess the only way of ensuring AI doesn't take over the world... Is if we become the AI or at least merge with it.

[@charlesfrancois2974]

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[@patrickwalter5742]

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[@destavin6694]

Several issues I've already noticed as someone who studies Cognitive Science. 1. The robot inserts the device into the brain. Are the people supposed to sedated? fMRI is already hard enough to get people to sit still, and I don't want to imagine how bloody this gonna be. 2. The robot was designed to insert a quarter-sized chip into the brain. I saw they used a male mannequin, I think that would pretty much guarantee this being a death sentence or especially risky process for women, as they are not the same size as men. 3. Musk said they could restore vision to the congenital/early blind. That's a pretty much useless feat as there are already existing surgeries for some conditions. The issue is that although their vision is restored their brain doesn't know how to interpret the signals.

[@ironheavenz]

It's currently possible to remotely and wirelessly control someone else's limb How fun! ...and spooky These things better have the best cybersecurity in the world before they get installed on people

[@Thomas_Sch]

ok ignacio navarro

[@rafox66]

@@Thomas_Sch ok T.

[@ironheavenz]

@@Thomas_Sch Ok T.

[@BodyWellnessHub]

This has got to be a hackers wet dream come true. Can you imagine, the time will come when they can actually hack a human being directly and control them. What a wonderful world our billionaires are creating.

[@CulturalXplorer19]

I was very pessimistic about that little thing solving blindness, now I can see how that could be possible. They have made ridiculous amount of progress Wish them all the success, many people need this technology. Hopefully it will be affordable for most.

[@meh3868]

Hi! I watched the entire stream and saw the section where they were talking about restoring vision but I didn’t fully understand how it would work. What would the process look like, would you be able to see like any other person or would it be different? I’d appreciate an answer!

[@polla2256]

@@meh3868 that is a very very good question and depends on the cause of blindness, I am no expert but do understand optronics. Assuming optical pathways to the brain exist you could send a signal to the occipital lobe via the optic nerve. With neuralink I assume you can plug straight into the occipital lobe and have a sensor send information straight to the brain. The issue is bandwidth of the signal, data volume and resolution of the sensors. Theoretically if you can make the occipital lobe receive (or generate ?) an image you could view the entire EM spectrum providing you have the right sensor.

[@LaurenMartins]

Disgusting homophobe.

[@CulturalXplorer19]

@@LaurenMartins cry me a River

[@vstrxl]

​@@LaurenMartins I was wondering if anyone would be in here crying about his name haha, glad I showed up just in time

[@dqena]

THEY ALREADY HAVE TECHNOLOGY TO CONTROL HUMANS!!

[@speakeroftheassembly3680]

Yeah but it's expensive so only rich people can be controlled I doubt the government would pay to put this in people

[@dqena]

@@speakeroftheassembly3680 the people i’ve been brought down by claim to be powerful and rich, seemingly enough given the state of the world it seems like the rich would definitely use this against a poor person.

[@ActionZ]

this is literally insane. Hate him or love him, Elon is changing humanity for the better.

[@D0NTUS3M3]

HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE??

[@D0NTUS3M3]

HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE??

[@joekav387]

The cursor matches the way a typical human uses a mouse. Every time the cursor goes up to the right there's a curve meaning the person using it is right handed so when the cursor moves to the left it is tends to move in a straight line

[@zephyr2002]

I'm also skeptical. It should look different than typical handheld mouse movement. That and many of Elon's presentations have been...less than fully honest.

[@ZacklFair]

Can not wait to pay a monthly fee to have Vision.

[@alejandrinos]

Well, if you didn't have vision in the first place you are not actually "losing" anything.

[@longjohn140]

@Self Care *turns off vision* aghhhh!! *crash dies*

[@Dtella55]

🤣🤣😂😂

[@03Luka03]

I was born with and had removed cataracts when I was born prematurely and to be able to fully see first time in my life and to not have a lazy eye would be a friggin dream honestly ...

[@Gamelover22478]

This technology makes me so excited for the advancements in medical science. This could possibly help so many people with disabilities and bring back the life that they could once have.

[@mistycloud4455]

A.G.I Will be man's last Invention