Neuralink full send... Elon's brain chips actually work on humans

Neuralink recently demonstrated the results of a brainchip installed in their first human patient. Learn how the Neuralink N1 is installed and how it reads brainwaves to perform actions entirely from thoughts.
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[@aquilae1670]

The 2020's feels like a long, weird dream.

[@user-kw8kh8dg3h]

for me it's more like since 2022...and a fever dream at that...

[@Itsme-qn7sp]

best summary of the century so far

[@ultimaxkom8728]

@@Itsme-qn7sp Decade? Century 100 years, decade 10 years.

[@holographicman]

No its all a dream, we just well asleep, we'll wake up and play snake on a Nokia again soon enough

[@aeiouaeiou100]

@@user-kw8kh8dg3h Did you miss the 2020 pandemic?

[@cube2fox]

"I don't get paid if you don't survive the trial." Very reassuring.

[@guy.incognito]

:D

[@jimbojimbo6873]

😂

[@kaden-sd6vb]

I'd actually think that hearing that from a corpo would be a good thing. Money is the only thing that matters to them. If your life=money, then they have reason to try and ensure your safety.

[@kv4648]

​@@kaden-sd6vbit also means that money is more important than your life and if they had the opportunity for it to be worth it, they would trade your life too or do something like sell your data

[@Namrec_Molai]

It is actually, if you are not sarcastic

[@TumblinWeeds]

As someone newly diagnosed with a progressive nerve disorder, this gives me hope that in a few decades I can still write JavaScript apps on every platform

[@Brodc]

yeah yeah.. people like us wont even be able to afford it.

[@anonymes2884]

Right ? I think this is going to be really great for Javascript's long-term uptake which, as you yourself have recognised, should be everyone's top priority.

[@stuffedstuff7086]

Few decades is enough time for devin to destroy the world

[@blob5907]

I hope they find a cure for progressive nerd disorder

[@OrangeC7]

I hope they find a cure for JavaScript

[@BigJMC]

“Warning: Unproductive thoughts detected. Please reframe from thinking such thoughts incompatible with societal standards”

[@Wildslayer50]

"Initiating Corrective Shock treatment"

[@Celebrimbor965]

"Neuralink tax not paid, disabling visual cortex in 12 hours"

[@shadowscrawl7959]

Haha. I (hope) that people will need a doctor’s approval for this and regulation in place

[@QuasarTheVoyager]

@@Wildslayer50 W A S T H A T A F N A F R E F E R E N C E ? ? ?

[@Spubbily01]

No this is Elon Musk, he is an advocate for free speech, as long as you think highly of him

[@HYDRA_0384]

Imagine testing a microchip that is directly connected to your brain and filming it with a 360p camera

[@complxhellasfreeproducts4894]

hahahhaha

[@Melmin]

Yeah looked like an "alien sighting" video 😂

[@vvert1506]

"footore"

[@gangstagaming9860]

It was livestreamed on X, so that explains the quality

[@ZettabyteGamer]

@@gangstagaming9860Yea lmao, not the camera just x with its inherited dog shit twitter video quality.

[@magnoid]

"data only flows one way... you don't have to worry about getting KFC advertisements" oh don't worry, they'll find a way.

[@digi3218]

Neuralink will start responding again after you watch this 30 second KFC ad 😊

[@sprocket8934]

​@digi3218 my bet is the chip is the shape of the drumstick, and you'll just have to say "brought to you by..." occasionally.

[@htf5555]

brain motor functions will resume again after watching this 60 second unskippable ad

[@wrongthinker843]

No such thing as a one-way connection.

[@UnibrowZombie]

yeah, the worst part will usually come after the technology become mainstream enough that people can't live without it.

[@chadyways8750]

"small lithium ion battery" great, so synapse burn from cyberpunk is about to be real

[@The1QwertySky]

whats wrong with it

[@gaiusfulmen]

lithium ion batteries sometimes explode@@The1QwertySky

[@Garmond_Zaza_Fan]

it's lithium

[@matthewbadger8685]

@@The1QwertySky lithium ion batteries explode after their shelf life runs out

[@merlinwarage]

@@matthewbadger8685 that's why the neurolink batteries are in a titanium case.

[@abba9265]

My friend once told me that we live in a world with all the weird dystopian features of cyberpunk, but without the genre-defining tech

[@The_Iron_Yuppie]

He was correct.

[@javier.alvarez764]

You mean boring version of dystopian era. We also lived the boring doomsday apocalypse aka the covid pandemic, and there is no zombies or billions of people dying.

[@joehanson2250]

I guess in 2077 tech could be nearly as sick as Cyberpunk, but Society probably more derailed 😂

[@IMBAIT]

The news segment in Cyberpunk 2077 about China banning human driving in favor for Self-Driving vehicles sounded so realistic that I believed it for like a month. Ofc until I brought it up mid convo and realized that I was merging Cyberpunk with reality and it hit me that this world and 2077 aren’t that dissimilar.

[@6IGNITION9]

What I got from this video: 1. Mandatory advertising 2. NSA-enabled 3. Powered by ECMAScript

[@andresconrado]

Well yeah. What were you expecting? A quality product?

[@coolkid006]

wait what happens if there's an EMP attack lol

[@ultimaxkom8728]

*[...ght City / / / Welcome to Night City / / / Welcome to Night City / / / Welcome to Night City / / / Welcome to N...]*

[@thesenamesaretaken]

Sheesh, I'm not getting this until they rewrite it in Rust.

[@i7andy]

4. Rick Rolled

[@MidtownMadness1]

"Erectile dysfunction mode engaged" 😂

[@ultimaxkom8728]

_"Pick one: obey the orders, or testicular torsion"_

[@LuisSierra42]

@@ultimaxkom8728 I'm going to create my own independent brain chip

[@duskyscarr]

I also laughed at that😅😅

[@sakosa8784]

​@@ultimaxkom8728"Women say theyre immune to testicular torsion... THOSE FOOLS, MEET OVARIUM OBLITERATE"

[@Cutesticles]

Ha! I already have erectile dysfunction!!

[@Avruthlelbh]

It's worth pointing out that simply moving a mouse with your brain isn't new technology. The difference is how small and advanced the tech is to accomplish the same task, and the potential for it to expand further with pretty minimal change.

[@abba9265]

I use my brain to… move my arm! To move the mouse!

[@rf5323]

The size of the tech isn't new, look up neural implant journal articles and you will see the issues people who actually try to help patients and not just make money run into. Typically brain scarring because of material interactions and that obstacle has been struggled against for a LONG time, and his product does not solve

[@Makowako_]

@@abba9265think about people who are paralyzed

[@retroom]

You're right; from my previous comment: "Blackrock Neurotech has been doing similar invasive BCI's since 2004 (Utah Array). They've also had impressive cursor control demo's up for quite some time now, and have a slanted variant of the Utah Array which can stimulate the brain and emulate physical touch. Invasive BCI's at this level break down after a few years (thus repeat surgeries are inherently necessary), and retraining usually needs to happen every few months. It's always nice to see more players in the field, but they're definitely not the first!". I'd have expected a bit more research from this channel!

[@jeffboy4231]

@@abba9265 not everyone has arms!!

[@ladyalicent705]

“Data only flows one way, so don’t worry about that” - Mark Zuckerberg, 2004

[@anmolsingh4969]

One way Yes to Mark's server's

[@caingamin2]

Yikes

[@pimpum24]

Best comment

[@ladyalicent705]

@@anmolsingh4969 Yep, that’s the point! Almost exactly 20 years ago, we were sold this exact same painted garbage can by someone named Mark Zuckerberg. He capped hard. Are we really gonna fall for the same thing again?

[@galileogalilei9297]

"There won't be an API for JavaScript developers to build apps on it." I bet there already is.

[@Maesdy01]

😂😂

[@coreyshields5941]

I bet there will be a new JavaScript framework for it this time next week

[@sumitpurohit8849]

npm i neuralink

[@planesrift]

Your brain gets unnecessary rerenders.

[@okie9025]

browser extensions but for your brain sounds quite cool actually so I cant wait

[@disruptive_innovator]

I like it, especially where a robot drills into my brain and sews the chip into place.

[@MilkGlue-xg5vj]

Are you that guy?

[@Rahman.Shahadat]

​@@davids.1126I would rather no one drill my head

[@CatgirlExplise6039]

@@Rahman.Shahadat I would rather we first create a semblance of society that cares for its weakest links before trying to alter the physical construct behind intense psychological function

[@test-zg4hv]

@@Rahman.Shahadat its optional

[@mandurrudnam7632]

for now@@test-zg4hv

[@dailychillvibe6012]

Her: “did you pay this month’s subscription ?” Him: ”oh shit”

[@mikegofton1]

The number one problem for electronic implantable devices is ongoing support. Let’s hope that Neuralink customers don’t find themselves abandoned if the business fails.

[@YuckFou0x0FFFF]

This is an amazing breakthrough in tech and it's like all anybody can think about is the worst possible outcome. Truly, sad.

[@thatguy6482]

​@@YuckFou0x0FFFFWell some people actually learnt after the discovery of nuclear fission.

[@YuckFou0x0FFFF]

@@thatguy6482 Learned what? We have many active nuclear powerplants in the US that are using nuclear fission right now to produce energy. What's your point?

[@FRanger92]

@@YuckFou0x0FFFF Because most tech can and will be used for nefarious purposes.

[@willmungas8964]

@@YuckFou0x0FFFFit is incredible, but hoping for a tech utopia is a really great way to distract from other practical solutions to a lot of real world problems. It’s also utterly naive to assume that powerful new tech will never be misused.

[@cheezzinator]

It doesn't detect brain waves like EEG. They detect individual spikes from neurons. Crazy bandwidth and precision.

[@Kazini_]

Yeah, I was surprised with the lack of basic research for this principle and that error, given the channel.

[@cheezzinator]

@@Kazini_ same, but it's quite a different field and it's easy to think you know a thing or two about brain interfacing. The general point still stands about the information processing, but it doesn't articulate how low level this is!

[@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq]

That makes a lot more sense. Thanks.

[@jichaelmorgan3796]

Are you sure individual? I always thought neurons that "fire together and wire together" and "win" and cause thought/cascades of thought/neural information transmission/processing. I thought an individual neuron doesn't have much power in the great scheme of things in the brain. Could someone explain?

[@pulseworks1663]

the only downside of which is that there are like 100 billion neurons so we can't measure a significant fraction of the whole brain's activity at this level of precision

[@hanesolo3310]

Can't wait to get hacked and rick rolled at 3 A.M

[@xYassineX]

fireship rick rolled me without a chip in this video

[@spiffygonzales5160]

"BABE WILL YOU STOP!?!" "YOU KNOW THE RULES! AND SO DO IIIIIIIIIIII" XD

[@StarChaser1879]

Saying that this could get hacked it’s like saying that a pacemaker could get hacked

[@william6072]

@@StarChaser1879 Inb4 your brain gets EMP'd, while your grandma with pacemaker starts convulsing on the ground

[@Sandro0607]

A pacemaker did get hacked by a white hat hacker a while ago.

[@zaxi0]

Bruh it's gonna be so wierd saying "BACK IN MY DAY WE ONLY HAD 1024 ELECTRODES IN OUR NEURALINKS"

[@Frederi-ckOtt]

Exciting and terrifying all at once. The potential for this technology is astounding, but the ethical implications are hefty. Would love to see a closer examination of the societal impacts down the line.

[@ivanlawrence2]

"Erectile Disfunction Mode Engaged" for past due payment really got me.

[@pownder]

Debtors shouldn't be able to reproduce

[@king0bubbles]

Erectile function has been deactivated. Click here to see what other features you're missing out on.

[@ReasonX3]

I'd like to hear from Noland on his experience of using this thing. Does it heat up during charging? Did doctors told him anything about the weakening of his skull integrity or its just fine? How the battery gets replaced? Did he experience any sort of bugs? Does he need to use drugs that reduce reaction of his immune system on foreign objects in the organism? How did he feel himself after the operation? How much time it took him to get used to the device and learn to use his new abilities?

[@ingusmant]

Probably signed an NDA longer than the tax code for this

[@SciFiMangaGamesAnime]

>How much time it took him to get used to the device and learn to use his new abilities? Less than a few months, that is certain. Pretty fast, all things considered.

[@Iangamebr]

They extensively talked about how heat damages the brain. The battery inside is super small and the rate of charging not big, it isn't something that heats up much.

[@genesisreaper2113]

It's an fda approved implant.. do your own research, or use common sense, that'll answer most if not every question you have. If you just lack common sense then use this thought process "People much smarter than me did more research and experiments than I could imagine, before even going past monkeys. Would they really miss something so obvious?" And if your answer is yes, you're hopeless and just want to be skeptic for no logical reason. Other than the user experience questions that comes with every surgical operation of course. But again im assuming you have common sense here.

[@imgladnotu9527]

​@@Iangamebri doubt a wireless charging coil of that size is large enough to do some damage unless someone willingly messes with it

[@user-ck5yq8xl3p]

The robot doesn't drill a hole in the skull, a surgeon does that and the robot inserts the threads.

[@senchu1311]

Imagine your being cured and can walk again just for you to forget to charge it and it turns off

[@qoombert]

and the battery explodes

[@Man-tk2dc]

and godzilla comes to life, does a backflip and crushes your house

[@senchu1311]

@@Man-tk2dc thats fucked man. Thats like stepping on lego after waking up. Poor Godzilla

[@deezburr]

@@Man-tk2dc ong

[@ThompterSHunson]

Robots trying to be humans and humans trying to be robots. The future will be wild! 😅

[@kiq4767]

This trans stuff is going too far!

[@Ryuko15]

transformer is real !1!1!1!

[@daretoliveee]

it's like NBA players and rappers all over again

[@thefanboy3285]

@@daretoliveee what with them ?

[@LoveEarthHereAndNow]

#TheSingularity is here, now...

[@Satou-Akira71]

this guy was the the first ever Neuralink user nr.14

[@SandFoxling]

👀

[@abcdefg91111]

burger king foot lettuce

[@JackCrossSama]

The age of cybernetics is coming, and this will be the only way to keep up with ai.

[@mesiroy1234]

He seem very normaln he talk and smile , yeah

[@aceman0000099]

NUMBA SIX. man URINATES on fellow passengers for not bein allowed to SMOKE

[@Drungra]

My mate coming over to hang out: "hey, mind if I connect to your wifi?" Me: "oh yeah np, just sauce me your phone and I'll put in the password" My mate: "no, I mean, do you mind if I* connect to your wifi?"

[@Pink_Floyd-ll8lq]

🤣🤣🤣

[@maximilianacords1183]

That's intimidating

[@firedforfighting]

i always have to pause just for laughs and to catch myself..never change fireship..love your videos!

[@outsidersview9827]

0:25 Why does this feel like one of those clips that plays before some apocalypse movie? Like, I am legit waiting for "we thought it would raise humanity... how foolish we all were..."

[@stephaneperron727]

Because that's precisely what's taking place.

[@ImperativeGames]

Look at the bright side: now you have a choice between AI overlords and cyborg overlords

[@sectronic2947]

Or just the sun wiping out every electronics

[@nicholasmolberg1043]

@@stephaneperron727Hey Eliezer! Good to see you off the forum.

[@Ayplus]

Don't worry. Arnold will save us either way

[@jamesm820]

Imagine Stephen Hawking having a neuralink chip upgrade

[@daurham]

He’d go straight to the winged-mech

[@isc77777]

so that he could walk to the epstein island ?

[@justarandomanimator6531]

damn bro beat me to it, err different joke same topic And do what? Top them instead?

[@ohkal1067]

Bro was born nerfed but didn't make it to when his build would have been competitively viable

[@joshuaosei5628]

Bro is dead so unfortunately we'll never see it

[@justdoeverything8883]

I like how the potential of getting legit Doc Ock like, robot arms just went up tremendously.

[@owenc.q8514]

Fuck that i gonna be Venom Snake

[@justdoeverything8883]

@owenc.q8514 The one comment that started The Great Cyborg Wars

[@batuhantekmen6607]

Don't worry, you will be able to inhale after watching 30 sec unskippable ad.

[@tsuketsu9889]

💀

[@thegr8poseidon792]

You'd best start believin' in cyberpunk dystopias kid, you're livin' in one

[@BigWalka]

“You are about to experience a muscle incapacitation period, electrical shock delivered in 5…4…”

[@henriquefinger935]

How long until we start hearing about mind viruses?

[@Ronobuildstech]

being rick rolled

[@TheScottShepard]

Elon already has you covered

[@ultimaxkom8728]

A little more after AGI is born.

[@crazyrabbit_]

Not too long, considering it already exists (Encephalitis) 😅😅

[@MiniKodjo]

Fox news is spreading mind viruses

[@home-shijimi]

I think spike activities (high frequency signals above 600 Hz) are used instead of brain waves (low frequency signals) because if brain waves are used, you don’t need to insert electrodes and just use EEG.

[@mrkiky]

That Li-Ion battery catches fire and we will have the first real life instance of Cyberpunk 2077 Overheat.

[@Kortex42]

I think it is important to mention that you (or your brain) also learns how to use the device. It not just that device learn what signal from your brain encodes what intention, but the other way around too. As if you were first time playing a video game and pressing the controls randomly at first to see how to shoot, walk and run.

[@abeidiot]

200 wpm here we come

[@thepastarat]

yeah it seems like if someone had something like this implanted at a very young age, it would become second nature to them.

[@GSBarlev]

Ooh, I hope there's a good port for _Portal_ when I get my first BCI-the combination of precision movements, perfectly sloped learning curve and lack of timed challenges (aside from the last boss fight) made it perfect when I first learned WASD and then again when I learned to use my Steam Deck.

[@ictogon]

Watch the guy in the video just start dominating video games...

[@cheydonkopu-myers-sb3kp]

He did clearly say that

[@xiaodhruv7693]

Like this comment with your hands before you chip neuralink

[@RemMcKoffl3r]

Not like I could even afford it anyway...

[@xiaodhruv7693]

@@RemMcKoffl3r it's time we become cyborg

[@couchman-sw6jy]

@@RemMcKoffl3rI’m sure if you volunteer for the study you get it for free

[@DK1213]

There is absolutely no fucking way I'd ever let a privately owned, for profit entity install a chip into my brain

[@dombo813]

There's also no way I'd let a publicly owned not for profit do it either. There is no one on this planet who could be trusted with direct access to people's brains because the moment that becomes possible, the people who would use that access maliciously would do everything they could to gain it.

[@aipeoplecomingtolife]

Nobody will install a chip in my brain. I am a futurist up to that point.

[@drenz1523]

how bout government owned

[@HalTheBot]

​@@drenz1523 would rather that; only because the government _pretends_ to care about people. Corpos don't.

[@9fallen9one9]

​@@drenz1523that's much worse

[@blobymcblobface]

Yet another technology that should be a godsend but is terrifying because of the economic system we live in...

[@darkwingduck9745]

Guys I forgot to charge my neurolink chip last night, and now I had to use my fingers to type this. 😫

[@exotic1405]

My thing malfunctioned I no longer have spleen privileges

[@spiffygonzales5160]

​@@exotic1405 Forgot to buy the premium package, so for now I'm stuck waiting for the dang tech support to answer so the poop can leave my intestines

[@sparkbark7640]

10 years from now: Forgot my Neurolink chip, had to use eyetracking smh...

[@id104335409]

Just put your wireless charger under your pillow .

[@orctrihar]

*Skill issue*

[@deesh6378]

What if the battery degrades? Wouldn't that require repeat surgeries to replace? Lithium Ion batteries only have a limited amount of charge cycles.

[@harrywatson2694]

Yes

[@masteranimation2008]

The electrodes can lose the signal over time due to scar tissue buildup. So, I guess replace the battery when you replace the electrodes.

[@tacticalassaultanteater9678]

This is probably a central reason why the first adopters are people with grave health issues who don't mind a surgery every 5/10 years to replace the battery.

[@r_gg8232]

just replace brain

[@mountainshark2388]

Well your skull is already open. Just swap to neural link s max pro

[@ArturSantanadaSilva]

in 2014 world cup in brazil the first kick in the stadium was done by an tetraplegic man with an exoesqueleton created by dr miguel nicolelis team, it has the same principle of this but without the cirurgy, dr nicolelis also talked about one of his students working in the neuralink team in its begining... so impressive to see those things hapenning in an relatively short period of time

[@retroom]

Blackrock Neurotech has been doing similar invasive BCI's since 2004 (Utah Array). They've also had impressive cursor control demo's up for quite some time now, and have a slanted variant of the Utah Array which can stimulate the brain and emulate physical touch. Invasive BCI's at this level break down after a few years (thus repeat surgeries are inherently necessary), and retraining usually needs to happen every few months. It's always nice to see more players in the field, but they're definitely not the first!

[@germansniper5277]

You mean the BCI's where people have a huge cable sticking out of their head connected to a big-ass machine, ready to be infected any time of day and will then have to be removed after testing again? Ah yes. No progress whatsoever. Truly.

[@Benw8888]

yeah this really isn't anything groundbreaking

[@YuckFou0x0FFFF]

@@Benw8888 Well, let's see you make a device that reads neuron activity then converts it into machine readable code then.

[@Benw8888]

@@YuckFou0x0FFFF ad hominem logical fallacy go brrrrr

[@pg_purple5700]

bro thought he did something@@YuckFou0x0FFFF

[@chumumi]

SAO is closer and closer to becoming reality😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@sollymadeit]

I just hope they don’t nerve gear people’s heads

[@nezia4556]

@@sollymadeiti hope i get nerve gear'd tbh :3

[@anirudhnarla4711]

Its a little bit different. Fulldive nervegear is more like a gateway to a brain interface server for your consciousness to transport into the virtual world. Its just a gateway unlike neuralink which is stored in your brain permanently while you need nervegear only while playing obviously.

[@Randomynous01]

Sword Art Online?

[@paulhimle3102]

Good thing inductive changing doesn’t put off heat.

[@codinginflow]

Can't wait to get this. The only thing keeping me from coding 16h a day is carpal tunnel syndrome.

[@jacobjude6319]

This honestly gives us the capabilities for VR to prosper as well, we could control the game laying in our bed without moving!

[@BigWalka]

That’s fun?

[@adeleisnamedafterme]

Sounds like literal brain rot

[@NICK....]

hey remember that company that make some eye replacement thing for blind people and then went bust or something and the blind people just lost their sight again?

[@akeem2983]

name.

[@AuxiliaryPanther]

​@@akeem2983Second Sight

[@oBdurate]

@@akeem2983Second Sight Medical Products

[@loumcboy]

No

[@abeidiot]

ahh yess. remember xyz? that's why we should never do anything ever going forward.

[@paulhimle3102]

The developer of lobotomy got the Nobel Peace prize for it. Just saying.

[@itzhexen0]

The guy has been dead for years and it still appears we have lobotomy patients among us.

[@Blaineworld]

@@itzhexen0sus

[@MAC0071234]

This is on the same IQ level of people who bring Hit_ler into every conversation and think they are making a good point.

[@adolfocabarcas5795]

what do you mean? its early state but has a lot of potential

[@tahunuva4254]

​@@itzhexen0rekt

[@tylerrandolph6193]

No ones talking about how this either proves or disproves a soul. Seeing our consciousness is our collection of memeories...

[@wolfaether6134]

the neural link system feels like a system in electronic communications. The transducer detects the brainwaves and accumulate the bandwidth which contains the main information. Then, this signal is transferred to the ADC via some kind of delta modulation and creates a series/parallel of binaries which is line coded into useful digital and nonperiodic information. This will then process by the CPU and memory and it will just sent it back to DAC via QAM. This creates an analog signal which has also a bandwidth. Analog signals is always effective in wireless transmissions.

[@kylewollman2239]

Unless you've lost complete use of your arms and legs, getting a piece of your skull removed is a terrible idea. I'm glad things are working out for this guy so far, but how many charging cycles is a battery good for?

[@Jeremy9697]

I mean...thats what its for. We h Already have pacemaker batteries that can last for a decade. So proably something like that. Even ppl with a device on their heart have to het surgeries still periodically. That's just something that comes with having major health issues.

[@kylewollman2239]

@@Jeremy9697 To listen to Elon talk about it you get the impression that it's for merging with AI to prevent a robot uprising. Thanks for the info on the pacemaker batteries. That's a good comparison.

[@maelstrom2313]

​@@kylewollman2239 That's the long term goal but there is no way to develop it ethically except for people who absolutely need it. Through this process it will inevitably become more advanced and possibly non-surgical or at least as safe as any other elective procedure, like plastic surgery.

[@augustday9483]

"I think, and my thoughts cross the barrier into the synapses of the machine - just as the good doctor intended. But what I cannot shake, and what hints at things to come, is that thoughts cross back. In my dreams the sensibility of the machine invades the periphery of my consciousness. Dark. Rigid. Cold. Alien. Evolution is at work here, but just what is evolving remains to be seen." -Commissioner Pravin Lal, "Man and Machine", Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

[@ImperativeGames]

"From the moment I understood the weakness..."

[@observe_and_purport]

lokey starting to hikey appreciate you, thanks for the updates

[@Pink_Floyd-ll8lq]

Low key and high key. What the hell kinda “quirky” spelling is that

[@havocthehobbit]

one crazy thing is that the way they install neuro tech, will encourage development and prove robot/machine automated surgeries are really going to end up being viable the best option for complex surgeries in the future and will probably end up reducing medical costs by tens of thousands of dollars and more, reduce time and post op recovery of surgeries . It's really something the world needs with increase of costs of medical bills both on countries that costs are crazy high for citizens like the US and Regions like the UK that have national health costs using huge percentages of budgets that could be going to other things and for countries that are in the middle of nowhere with no high paid doctors specialists like villages in the middle of south american or african village or even rural US farming town . There could end up being more specialist surgeons then mc Donald employees and available on every 10th street ,close to anyone home. Just that on it's own would reduce costs and save peoples lives by rushing them to surgery after things like car accidents quickly or ordering a clump cancer movement the next week from first discovery in the same way dental care can book you in to replace fillings so quickly . It's really exciting what indirect affects of something like this project could have on society , never mind the direct affects .

[@codenocode]

we're never going to have intrusive thoughts with this one 🗣🔥

[@user-gt2th3wz9c]

intrusive ads instead

[@jcc3274]

"There won't be..." Me: Not yet. Imagine getting canceled for your thoughts. Are you ready for that?

[@StarChaser1879]

Data only flows one way

[@ImperativeGames]

Don't worry, it won't be that way for long. They'll edit your thoughts.

[@throwawaydude3470]

@@StarChaser1879 "Don't be evil"

[@jfacum24]

​@@StarChaser1879That means they can't plug Ads into your brain. Your thoughts CAN be read (that's how the whole thing works).

[@numberMX]

@@ImperativeGames Reminds me of the Tom Scott video about the singularity where your brand preferences are altered to align with the sponsors.

[@pohutukawajay]

Imagine a few years from now we'd be looking back and laughing at how primitive this technology is, like seeing people getting excited over a black & white box tv.

[@soejrd24978]

I want this guy to smoke DMT and control virtual paintbrushes to paint his experience in real time.

[@user-cm1rr4ei2u]

MIT is mapping the dmt realm, look it up

[@ScarfaceLittlebee-mj2ch]

Transcend reality

[@kaden-sd6vb]

​@kamol1930we're gonna have people livestreaming their trips

[@TheStarSquid]

Literally the first thing I thought of was doing digital art using just your mind. I'd love to see how well anyone can do

[@dt8799]

Brilliant

[@Kvltklassik]

"Guys don't worry the pre-alpha build that's 15 years away from consumer markets, doesn't seem to sell your data to the NSA/highest bidder. This is also based on our extensive testing of *checks notes*... Reading Neuralink press releases??"

[@LOTM_Peak]

oh good I was starting to get nervous about that😅

[@Makowako_]

I mean that’s not really how it works. It can’t read your thoughts, and only basic motor controls are possible with it right now. It is a massive leap to actually understand any thoughts you have and to turn that into any useful data, even then you would have to train it to understand these thoughts because there is no one size fits all solution.

[@Kvltklassik]

@@Makowako_ Ah and you determined all this how exactly? I mean even your assertions about it not reading thoughts but instead just motor controls... It kind of betrays that you don't understand this field nearly enough. I also clearly stated "15 years" til consumers in the first sentence of the comment you're replying to, so "right now" doesn't mean that much does it. I was quite clearly, in my mind at least, making the point that because technology to this degree can read your electrical impulses to this degree, and tune itself, which is something you seem confused about as that's the mechanism to translate random impulses into thought-based commands, this tech will inevitably become more accurate by the time it hits consumer markets. Again, my main point in the very first sentence. But that's a bit too difficult to understand, hey. Much easier to just not read any of this and post a comment that outs yourself as a complete dumbass on the internet.

[@dcamron46]

We’re reaching some kind of crazy inflection point in tech…it’s accelerating into sci fi stuff I think we may see in our lifetime

[@koliux1]

got to love this guy for good sense of humor ! Thank you #Fireship guy ;D 😄

[@dorianjack2240]

3:55 the 1984 reference goes crazy

[@InnovationInsider1]

Fr bro

[@SCP--oz6oz]

Thought crime

[@Miss0Demon]

The NSA is currently working overtime to find and or install a backdoor into neurolink as we speak.

[@kveldulfpride]

If I remember right, this tech has been around for some time. This is just more discreet and different interface I guess. The problem i could foresee, is that brainwaves might be something like capturing an RF segment and trying to guess words said, and make a statistical mapping of it. Problem is, this is just words said, and neural connections might have way more unrelated associations than can be feasibly mapped, especially per person.

[@goodguidegreg]

get your founders edition brain chip is something I didnt think I'd here for a long time even when they announced that they're working on this. Progress is going at hyperspeed these days. pretty amazing ngl

[@WalterWoshid]

I didn't expect anything else from clicking that link...

[@tf5pZ9H5vcAdBp]

Were you not expecting an affiliate link? You must have mistyped it then, because I got a neuralink branded sign up page and am now on the list.

[@harshjain3122]

​@@tf5pZ9H5vcAdBp :(

[@detto1998]

@@tf5pZ9H5vcAdBp🤨

[@kv4648]

​@@tf5pZ9H5vcAdBpactually?

[@guywithnohouse.6808]

@@tf5pZ9H5vcAdBp oh you....

[@Psiaqu]

Waiting for this guy beating everybody on TypeRacer.

[@gucci9tails]

ngl this is probably a handicap for that sort of thing. Typing fast is mostly muscle memory

[@Spookatz.]

@@gucci9tails He'll just use a new type of memory, I call it "brain memory," a system by which the brain remembers things. Couldn't think of a better name for it in my life, pretty proud of this one 😏

[@user-qy1dy1ms9m]

It would essentially be typing fast but no keyboard...imagine you are typing...your hands get cut off ...you are still typing (the brain signals to your hands)...but not actually

[@AAurum-yy7rv]

I wonder if in some cases of paralysis if this could be used not for a mech suit or an exoskeleton but to bridge the broken nerves and pathways to allow a user to just straight up use their own body again it

[@Yatukih_001]

This was considered to be fashion in Sweden but that was then. There is no need for a remote control device in the human brain. Neuralink brain devices belong to the past.

[@TommyLikeTom]

What's great about this product is that the user has zero evidence it works until it's actually installed

[@inviktus1983]

Well that was true before this guy anyway. You had a point but it was fleeting.

[@rev3274]

Any time you go for surgery that is true, as well you have no evidence you will even survive a minor surgery with complications always present. Some smooth brains really enjoyed the comment though.

[@inviktus1983]

I think your comment only further dilutes the original comment.@@rev3274

[@freezingicy9457]

@@inviktus1983 did everyone forget about all the monkey's?

[@tylerxr]

Surgeries have been done successfully many times over before you get yours. Perhaps the operation might have complications, but the operation itself is proven to work. This shit is one guy, and even then, you're kinda just trusting that Elon isn't blatantly lying again. Which I mean, cmon.

[@Ozzymandius1]

Truly mind blowing to have technology we’ve already had available without severely invasive surgery now be put inside someone with no tangible benefit over the former. Even better, just imagine how generational upgrades will go.

[@luizdinani2252]

Awesome link! Already entered the queue!

[@kshitijtripathi1104]

The future ads will be actually aired in our dreams not our screens. What a time to be alive!

[@_Smarf_]

That's literally a plot line from Futurama.

[@user-qy1dy1ms9m]

Well...I go to deep sleep...so good luck to them

[@StarChaser1879]

Did you not watch the video? It’s not possible

[@okie9025]

​@@StarChaser1879a fireship video is not the defacto rule for everything that comes out of the future. They will eventually put ads into your sleep, it's only a matter of time.

[@_Smarf_]

@@StarChaser1879Yeah, just believe every word the richest man on earth has to say. The rich NEVER lie and ALWAYS have the best interest of humanity at heart.

[@MrRaja]

Benefits: not crippled anymore. Features: control everything with your brain. Eligibility Requirements: 849+ Credit score and $69,420 down payment with $420 monthly payments for 69 months.

[@dimitriosagos5631]

Oh man! I'm listening Rick Astley right now in a new tab 😂 My first. Congrats!

[@showmedahcode9127]

Imagine you're sleeping, and then all of a sudden, ads start playing in your brain.

[@Alpha-Trion7]

ikr...ma buddy, ma buddy....whereever I go yer gonna go!

[@LoveEarthHereAndNow]

#CorporateAmerica! 🇺🇸💲🇺🇸

[@beet311]

sounds like a black mirror episode

[@climaxfilms7886]

“O O O OREILLY… AUTOPARTS BOW”

[@orctrihar]

Oh yeah, I mean the only difference would be directly in my brain

[@user-th7cw4dl3o]

On one hand it's pitched as a solution for disabilities, which isn't bad, on the other it's called "A founder's edition" like you're buying the new nvidia gpu. It's clear elon is using disabled people to get government funding and maybe legitimize the product, with his ambition clearly being making a consumer product that will, just like his cars, collect and sell data. Keep in mind that the EU had to ban car manufacturers from tracking all kinds of biometrics and doing emotional analysis on the people in the car... because the tech is already there. So yeah - while the chip right now can't play ads in your dreams, the goal is for it to be able to.

[@rushyscoper1651]

not really, they are the first who would be willing to take such product, why would. random person get an implant just for fun when he doesn't need it. it make sense to solve real issues with product u still developing and having fully yet defined its scope.

[@user-th7cw4dl3o]

@@rushyscoper1651 This is Elon Musk we're talking. He pushed "Hyperloop" knowing it can't work and is a stupid idea, just to take funding away from a new railway, because he knows while railways are great, they are bad for his business. His initial pitch was for Neuralink to be a consumer device that pushes your brain further. The whole thing with disabilities started a bit after the whole debacle with monkeys gouging out their eyes and tearing their own arms off. It's also a marketing ploy. His cars will dynamically adjust your insurance premium based on whether you drive after 10pm. This is not a man to be trusted at all.

[@pedroyanez2638]

@@rushyscoper1651just wait until they make it so neuralink can paint your imagination, or generate music that you think of, then it will become a consumer electronic. I'm aware that we are far from there but there are a ton of uses for tech like this, it will end up happening!

[@dylanclarke9497]

Yeah but whoever makes and releases this tech is going to do the same realistically, I'm not sure if I'm bothered by whether that's Elon or some other rich dude/company

[@TheFinalsTV]

Elon has always been pro government regulation

[@Dingo393]

Inductive charging can generate a bit of heat, I wonder if they have thought of a solution to combat overheating as the battery degrades overtime?

[@TheAnxiousOwl]

The brain doesn't feel pain but the surrounding membrane could. It can also give you a headache after the fact your skull has been infiltrated, so you'd probably need time and medication after surgery of course.

[@Dial8Transmition]

I remember seeing that video where a tesla just randomly caught on fire, and the guy could not get out because the tesla had locked the doors. He had to break the window to a not being burned alive

[@adictedgenius8838]

Ain't no windows here if the chip gets hot.

[@DaleIsWigging]

​@@adictedgenius8838make your own

[@newplayer1313]

Isn't there a mechanical switch to open the door in every tesla?

[@MaeLSTRoM1997]

actually that's not malfunction, it's a feature to prevent user from filing a service request/lawsuit.

[@madhououinkyoma]

lmao, that's so irrelevant. Try again.

[@tehArgento]

3:50 this is by now. First they have to gain trust and mass adoption, the whole micro transaction part comes latter XD

[@theEtch]

this actually sounds incredible and I want one, but I can see it becoming a technology trend where the first edition is incredible but later versions will be coopted by the hellish subscription based system and innevitably have dystopian 2-way data flows. those with gen 1 chips will be like boomers who only use old versions of linux

[@paulwhiterabbit]

"any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript" there's still hope to have js frameworks in your brain and npm install in it.

[@ramennight]

dystopia speed run lets go!

[@furycorp]

Other startups + research labs have thought-controlled devices that don't require such invasive surgery... Which is perhaps more terrifying as capabilities evolve past the need to require the user to wear anything... Imagine robotic waiter knowing what you feel like eating but then that data is sold and used to track you, getting shot by robocop because you *thought* about a weapon and it perceived a threat but really you just watched an action movie recently, scammers stealing passwords, or stores gleaning your thoughts to target advertising... No chance to even say "no" to thought readings.

[@Makowako_]

The being hungry one is actually kinda realistic, but it is nowhere near possible for it to understand such abstract thoughts. You already have to train it to understand basic motor functions

[@yewo.m]

4:00 - Damn it. I was intending to create a new JavaScript framework for it

[@moneygrowslikegrass]

One thing I'm curious about is how the chip distinguishes between abstract thoughts and actual brain signals. What I mean is, I can think about raising my hand but not raise it, and vice versa.

[@Makowako_]

Yes, the signals that actually raise your hand are completely distinct, it’s not really reading your thoughts, you teach it what signals your brain makes when you want to do something by doing it repeatedly and telling it what you are doing.

[@sterinsaji3240]

4:03 thats coming for sure.

[@bert7560]

Am I living in a dream right now? The 2020s are wild. First COVID, then AI, robot advancement and now this. I'm a bit uncertain about the future in the next 10 - 20 years.

[@KiTho06]

We live in a time of great change. Technology is improving at a faster and faster Pace each Year. Im unsure how we will adapt to all of this. Its as exciting as it is scary. No Job is Safe. Nothing can be said about the Future. Just, that it will not be boring. And it will not get boring any time soon. This is not the beginning, we are already past the Tutorial. Now, are we prepared for whats to come ?

[@rumfordc]

this tech's been around for decades already. you're not dreaming but you're watching KZbin which is basically the same thing.

[@zSion]

10-20? My guy, the world is going to be a completely different place in just 3 years

[@bert7560]

@@rumfordc I don't understand. Why is the algorithm of KZbin the same as AI? It's like saying a horse carriage is the same as a car.

[@Bloooo95]

@@bert7560The optimization algorithms that train neural networks have been around since the 80s and are used for various different things including language models like ChatGPT and recommendation systems like on KZbin.

[@zac9181]

I’ll admit, the Nerualink is actually rad. And if you can actually get rid of any safety concerns, like it exploding or having Elon control your mind, I think it could help lots of people!

[@tombalabomba03]

The humor in these videos ist just the right amount. Perfectly balanced.

[@gyanendrarajvaidhya7862]

I think the time is near where I'll get notified by a fireship video with title "We've achieved singularity"

[@bloviax]

Outrageous! Bobby Hill looks amazing.

[@MindsetMagic100]

Phew, thank goodness. Maybe now my brain won't be bombarded with pop-up ads every time I think about buying something.

[@Raiskauskone]

4:00 yeah, we'll see about that one...

[@ayushyadav-bm2to]

I am a doctor and even ms4 students won't learn about delta, gamma waves as easily as you explained

[@johnathankrausrig9237]

Then they get teached wrong if this little information is anything relevant

[@ShaferHart]

@@johnathankrausrig9237 they are taught to be effectively mindless agents of the medical establishment and big rx.. so yes, they are taught wrong.

[@ayushyadav-bm2to]

@@johnathankrausrig9237 no but it's maybe because we are so ingrossed in subject that we don't take time to reflect what the whole thing means from the surface

[@planesrift]

3:45 yeah.....for now.

[@Makowako_]

It’s not even close to possible. That’s why those features aren’t there. I’m sure once the tech is discovered that will be a thing, but it’s 10x easier to go from sticks and stones to reacting to some basic electrical signals (where we are now), than to go from where we are now to that. It’s not realistic.

[@ghostcatcher1279]

You say robot suit that could be controlled by your brain. Just brought this up in Installation00’s discord but ODST/Spartan helmets or even Mjolnir armor. Now we just need a mini nuclear battery

[@chrismason6334]

It doesn't matter that it's a one-way interface if the other side won't let you connect unless you agree to their TOS.

[@dudeee472]

"Where's my charger? My brain's battery is low" 😂