Watch Neuralink’s First Patient Play Chess Using Brain Implant | WSJ News

Elon Musk's Neuralink introduced the first patient to receive its brain-computer implant, demonstrating during a livestream that he can now move a computer cursor to play chess using the device. Photo: Neuralink
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[@mehnameehjeff6325]

A part that was left out, was that he played the game civilization VI for 8 hours straight using this device.

[@cavalex]

Wait really??

[@davidduhme7780]

yes @@cavalex

[@imviciously]

@@cavalex yes

[@jaredwmac]

id want out if they were making me play civ 6 and not civ 4 or 5

[@imviciously]

@@jaredwmac he picked the game himself lol

[@rameynoodles152]

why did you cover up the audio with stupid music???

[@mehnameehjeff6325]

Cause they are proud of their Masters degree in making PowerPoint Videos.

[@tathagata_roy]

@@mehnameehjeff6325 🤣🤣🤣

[@CaptainPupu]

This is what they study for 7 years in university these days.

[@katherinekilgore4498]

Because he was probably saying things he wasn’t allowed to.

[@user-lx9jz2oc4b]

It is to take your mind captive.

[@lang1892]

nicely done wsj, i cant hear a thing

[@diezeeshoodie]

Everybody gangsta till the Neuralink gets self aware.

[@Togaro]

That’s not how it works💀🙏

[@GG_WP.13]

Yeah, for now maybe...​@@Togaro

[@mg6775]

@@Togarothat's exactly how it will work once is connects to the singularity

[@Togaro]

@@mg6775 well singularity ain’t here yet

[@RehanX44]

a creation can never outdo its creator that's not how it works

[@tonihamoen5404]

My husband was a quadriplegic for eight years befor he passed. He had a MAC computer. There was a metallic dot on his glasses which was read by the camera turning it into a mouse. He also had naturspeeking. He was able to do anything, Netflix, engineering drawings, Skype etc. worked great for him as it opened the world to him again. Congratulations and continued good work. Toni Hamoen

[@Aljosef6366]

Awesome! Although I'm still trying to figure out the connection btwn the magnet and the camera and how it all worked. Is there a name for this? Perhaps I can Google. Sounds fascinating.

[@Rebecca0010]

Yeah. It would be great to know the details of how it works. Updates, please.

[@roxyndra]

@@Aljosef6366eye movement tracking

[@grandmajojo5211]

this is literally a huge step toward technological implants, WE ARE LITERALLY HEADING TOWARDS CYBERPUNK AT THIS POINT!

[@Togaro]

So close we might be at cyberpunk level by 2050-65.

[@user-lx9jz2oc4b]

The god of the Neom has risen.

[@ipilot1970]

No we are heading to 666 chip wake up !!

[@ipilot1970]

No we are heading towards 666 chip wake up !

[@celisairlines4214]

They already did this 20 years ago in '04

[@defzigma4061]

Step 1: Brain runs computer. Step 2: Computer runs brain. Step 3. Computer runs computer.

[@user-gr9dg4yi4k]

Step 0: brain runs brain

[@thatonedude671]

WSJ is a joke..."Not a big technical leap"..ok, but at least explain the significance of this. Its like saying the Iphone wasnt a breakthrough because touch screens werent new.

[@patricecomedy]

They just have to say snarky things because of their hate for Elon Musk. It's so strange

[@d.higiro1188]

Except that everybody like new phones. nobody wants a chip and ESPECIALLY NOT a brain chip.

[@patricecomedy]

@@d.higiro1188 this is for paraplegics bro

[@MrTechroundup]

@@d.higiro1188Clearly Nolan disagree with you.

[@d.higiro1188]

@@MrTechroundup you can't build a market on nolan which received the chip for free 10 days ago. After a year and a ton of cerebral infections, let's see what he will say.

[@hardcore907]

WOOOW “not a big technical leap”. If you listen to the keynote, the guy is ecstatic, he looks forward to life every day now, and has achieved much more than this.

[@tom4150]

Looked forward now? Barely? Took a chip? Stephen Hawkin accomplished a lot with a wife he cheated on without a chip in his brain

[@GAMEZZ3322]

Just let him speak he was telling us but no you had to play music

[@r0ydeme088]

I would have loved a kind of explanation on how it actually works

[@Korksbebig]

There are videos coverings that, multiple actually. This is about the patient trial.

[@shinisaber]

In short it reads brainwaves an uses ai to figureout the users intentions so the more they use it the better it works as far as im aware thats how it works

[@mehnameehjeff6325]

Neuralink has a x page and a YT account where they post updates, you won’t find unedited information from corporate media.

[@AutoFirePad]

Periodic electromagnetic emissions of neuron activation in certain frequency bands with some special characteristics are received by a sensor implanted over the brain. Huge amounts of data are collected, filtered and sent to feed a neural network trained by the patient who also trains how to "think properly" to move the cursor. (my 4 years of research ina nutshell)

[@hijkniret]

The news is kinda misleading Neuralink helped him move a cursor not play the game of chess by thinking for him .

[@nikolaoslibero]

Bruh, why is the video 240p quality even on 1080?

[@GaminylGames]

"hey man did you know you can use your phone alarm sound as background music?" *No way! Hold my beer"

[@endtimesarehere1322]

Can it be plugged in during use?

[@Legiey]

Dude in the black looks like he has a gun to the dudes head 😂

[@robertrollins9068]

You can feel the shade

[@yogamani6473]

We got telepathic chess before GTA VI

[@calebrohl9226]

When are they gonna make prosthetic arms that can link with this?

[@mehnameehjeff6325]

A guy in a wheel chair shook president Obama’s hand with a robotic arm using his mind.

[@thepandadan]

Can play games with an external brainwave reader though.. interested to see what else he will be able to do

[@EseJandro]

Imagine going from not being able to move from your arms down to being able to control a computer with your mind. It must be liberating.

[@FFFF-td2hl]

NEXT THING IS A Electric arm.

[@FitWithPete]

Imagine the dude behind camera with a mouse to play chess and pretend its his mind... crazy huh?

[@Commentator-dz3kv]

Except transhumanism is not liberating for the human race, it's a technocracy. And they will slowly push people into their tech prisons by fooling them into thinking they are somehow better off.

[@blizyon30fps86]

@@FitWithPeteimagine you being a guy that has to deny everything in existence because your own life is that boring so you have to bring everyone down to your level, crazy right?

[@FitWithPete]

@@blizyon30fps86 u must be fun at parties.

[@susanbobo5098]

I wonder if something like this will progress to being able to actually move objects with the brain

[@justlooking4202]

If those objects have a bluetooth then yes

[@Malali16]

This is real life not X-Men 😂😂😂

[@RyanHellyer]

There seems to be an error in the clip. The audio has been covered up by music.

[@jacobfletcher9124]

Reminds me of spider man 2 where dr Octavio controlled the robot arms with a neuro link

[@lorenexus4917]

So wait.. this is making fun of the link, or supporting it? I mean... why show this video if you're going to say: "its been done already".

[@KANEONF1RE]

I am so proud that this works now, Thank you all so much

[@rajdeepmedhi1968]

Starting of Cyberpunk

[@Caebie]

Such a momentous occasion shot on a mobile phone camera. This is breaking news, couldn't it be presented professionally Neuralink?

[@frjoethesecond]

Maybe he didn't want a camera crew in his house?

[@Gringle_]

They want to make it seem casual and easily integrated into your life. It's marketing.

[@michaelayeni177]

​@@Gringle_ bingo

[@Malali16]

​@@Gringle_ idk about marketing lol this is still very far off from being available commercially

[@Milkman2199]

So realistically speaking, if it’s able to send and receive data wirelessly. What happens if someone sends it a zip bomb?

[@MuffFlux]

Homie got a telekinesis brain chip but could only get early 2000's phone camera to record the results? Come on guys!

[@KaleidoX2]

I doubt you'd want a massive camera crew in your home after a major implant

[@perkele_534]

😂😂😂😂 fr though dude be having some chip that could make him omnipotent and they filmed it with a 2008 fliphone

[@wege8409]

I'd like to know what kind of issues they ran into.

[@420crim3]

Burger king ads playing in his head

[@mehnameehjeff6325]

If I had to guess getting thousands of various brain spike activities to calibrate to computer function is a bit tedious.

[@SliceofBread123]

How is this not bigger news??

[@archieames1968]

Because Elon sux and we have to minimize everything he does.

[@pulse3554]

It’s been done for a while lol

[@authenticlore8124]

Bill Gates saved millions of people, thats news. Allowing some crippled to play digital chess isn't news

[@willinguyen1]

No, not wirelessly or outside of a lab. And no one has played a complex game like Civ 6 this way​@@pulse3554

[@KG991.]

Reminds me of Stem from the movie Upgrade

[@EnglishEvolution]

Why is this the most annoying audio ever? This is WSJ??

[@chillindylan9828]

Imagine if a dude with a flipper showed up

[@amiruladli1506]

what is his elo?

[@neiliewheeliebin]

Good to see it really helping someone

[@glenkanejacobgoodnights2432]

Too soon I'll wait 5 more years

[@intorsusvolo7834]

The *Adeptus Mechanicus* has entered the chat

[@patricecomedy]

Helping people live better lives. That's the dream of technology, truly. It's an iterative improvement over the 2004 innovation but I'm sure the first of many and those iterative improvements add up to a lot! Well done Neutalink team!

[@authenticlore8124]

Bill Gates saved millions of lives. Neurolink allowed one rich person to play digital chess lol

[@ergee3422]

@@authenticlore8124This is the first ever implant! And with neuralink advancing, more and more disabled people will be able to do stuff they normally wouldn’t! Such as hopefully controlling bionic body parts using the brain in the future! Now wouldn’t that be cool? (And very helpful)

[@Adomeee]

sao when?

[@tyisamess]

I am happy for this man, but I am still skeptical. You know Neuralink will evantually be used to send ads directly to your brain at some point. Also, I worry about any corporation having direct control over my thoughts. No thank you.

[@smokist]

Amazing, should explore implants for connecting nerves for specific body parts for paralysis patients

[@argschrecklich9704]

That's on their roadmap. And if you use Neuralink in the visual cortex, you can restore sight to the blind, which is also something they're working on.

[@user-pb8bm8zv7j]

Note: DON'T start thinking they really care about anyone. People are being used for Nefarious (evil) purposes, in the long run. IMPLANTS Can and are already being manipulated and have for many years. Of course the creators want to help some people to prove what they say they can do, but in the end those who have the implants will be controlled as their guine pigs, mice, rabits and monkes already are.

[@conta7619]

​@@argschrecklich9704 Cool

[@Babayaga130]

imagine u have implanted and it gets hacked by someone.

[@shinisaber]

Wont be possible it will use a proxy device to issue commands one way

[@Babayaga130]

@@shinisaber hhhhhhh 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@justsomewendigowithinterne7062]

heck naw bruh they tryna recreate Metal Gear irl 😂😭

[@alfredow]

He sacrifice the Rooook

[@lmjr400]

Wow he spoke 😮

[@user-pk8fs6dj8e]

Man, I'm so happy this fella can play a game of chess!❤🎉😂 Chess is so engrossing, I'm happy for X!

[@Colin-jm8sk]

WSJ's weird, obsessive dislike for Musk clouds any sort of judgement. Amazing breakthrough.

[@asiamies9153]

What?

[@youngroosevelt38]

All they said was that it wasn't a huge leap in the tech because it has been done 20 years ago. Which is true

[@shinisaber]

​@@youngroosevelt38with a cable attached to the back of your head connected to a computer its like saying the phone wasnt a break through beacuse the computer exists

[@wendyschultz9552]

@@youngroosevelt38go do a search on the headlines of legacy media from yesterday May 8 and 9 (2024). They are mostly negative in the headline.

[@georgeofhamilton]

Has anyone posted the full video?

[@OOOO-yz1lb]

Yes in neuralink official channel in youtube

[@georgeofhamilton]

@@OOOO-yz1lb Thanks.

[@OOOO-yz1lb]

@@georgeofhamilton your welcome

[@barkathaashif9096]

First I will shocked . How this possible. Awesome work.

[@VOXFISH]

So he played the London System? nah, that's not chess

[@davidhughes6048]

Of course he could just say “P to K4”.

[@Divisary]

what if bro accidentally thinks about his homework folder😭🙏

[@MariMari-qm8fb]

This the mark of the beast right in front of us😂

[@bruhman963]

Mark my words there will be days when people would want to die but they can’t because they sold their conscience to a artificial hive mind

[@John-pu5kz]

Nope

[@FroisonControl]

i dont think he can mouseslip, this is the future.

[@coreybkguy1372]

It's all fun until the wrong information is sent the other way .

[@bobbobing4299]

I saw a decade ago some video with japanese using a mouse cursor without of any implant, but by jsut putting something above shaved head. Is it like really necessary to implant it inside your head? Couldn't we just put some kind of a cap above shaved head to have the similar effect?

[@frjoethesecond]

I think the idea here is to scale up this technology so you can control artificial limbs and such. Apparently, since this is implanted, it's a lot easier to use in daily life too.

[@mehnameehjeff6325]

Those are EEG devices that are inconsistent given that your brain can move independently from your skull and the device can shift. Here everything is fixed and provides consistent signal, where you don’t have to calibrate every time you use it. I’m sure they will both improve.

[@oscarjosuecruzgoizman]

imaginense su aim en juegos de disparos 😮

[@TheFinalWagon]

Professor X goin crazy

[@shashankshekhar6952]

Imagine hyperbullet with this👀🗿

[@barkathaashif9096]

Genius work.

[@iamzflo]

Let’s hope he doesn’t get hacked by Russians. 💀

[@kyepowell4677]

This guy will lead us in the fight against the machines

[@juliashenandoah3965]

The next step is using a 3D VR headset and control all these games with the power of the mind. Instead of using a small laptop screen. This technology vice versa would be great too, injecting the visuals of 3D game worlds or a full AI companion directly into the brain. Too bad that this one awesome sci-fi technology called holograms can never become real, but VR headsets (or in the future VR or augmented reality contact lenses with tiny OLED screens build directly into the contact lens) are at least close to holograms.

[@Commentator-dz3kv]

I can tell you are completely sucked into the propaganda of Neuralink. Why bother leaving your chair to do anything anymore? Why bother living in the real world?

[@attraueketcham350]

Play a backing track.. Ok! Uses the theme to the X files 😅

[@yashwanth5674]

imagine using nueralink in esports

[@monkedegenerate3401]

can he control his wheelchair with his thought?

[@johnpetrou6]

It’s coming

[@rexdev4489]

Prolly in the future

[@frjoethesecond]

He could. If the wheelchair was connected to the laptop, he could control it with the mouse input. He can basically do anything if you can find a way to control it with a mouse.

[@roastkingjesus]

Still crazy in a good way glad he can play chess. Man technology is moving forward

[@Aljosef6366]

Elon's superpower: multitasking and time-management skills.

[@EricStranburg]

Oregon Trail time!

[@rojarani6054]

Excellent...

[@rbo87]

It would be nice to go Matrix with this.

[@arianourian2030]

When we use science for good

[@sourikray2291]

SAO comming soon

[@MrRourk]

Just wait till he gets trapped in VR Game

[@ms-wf2ym]

So is it so hard now to build an exoskelet that he can control

[@MistaaPep]

yes it is impossibel to do that

[@RoadRallyLife]

Absolutely remarkable 👏

[@PTStudent_]

Cyberpunk 2077 is no longer a game it’s a simulation.

[@alpaolopaolo]

The first is from 2004 and what's the news?

[@Masakrer]

Well cool but… isnt it solved without fancy chips but simply, just with eye-tracking hardware? xD

[@snomgaming3236]

“Good soldiers follow orders”

[@jimlogan6448]

Não vi nada de interessante. Interessante seria se ele conseguisse realmente mover alguns dos seus membros com essa tecnologia.

[@ElpidiosantarinDelrosario]

I like to play chess longtime ago I learn a little that is good game chess can we play to let my mind if I still remember thankyou

[@FitWithPete]

question is, can the computer control his mind?

[@Noname12........641]

BROTHER IS PLAYING LONDON SYSTEM

[@k.g.5096]

the government put an implant in my brain while I was asleep secretly now I have telepathy

[@Miyazuki3]

You mean they can bring up the ads you think of ? 😂😂

[@loreaver3882]

Can you flush without having to reach back and grab the handle ? 🤔

[@rexdev4489]

​@@loreaver3882prolly in the future

[@Joelucas210]

@@loreaver3882can you turn on the light without getting up 🤨 what if they did and apple vision bro with a chip, so you can see screens that ain’t there

[@user-pk8fs6dj8e]

Then you KNOWW?

[@Mr____Muffin]

Im impressed

[@balistic1204]

I bet he’s goated at zombies

[@Commentator-dz3kv]

So basically the computer is thinking for him. He's not just playing chess, he's playing with God!

[@TheGrisgrodan]

Can you play Hearts of Iron IV with that thing?

[@user-rf2yi4mj2y]

Why it's not use eyes to control computer like apple vision pro

[@mehnameehjeff6325]

Because it require eye tracking tech to be close to his face which would be inconvenient if he wants it moved because he is paralyzed from neck down.

[@indianatoads]

Because apple vision pro is gay

[@-john2g3]

What about intrusive thoughts? lol

[@justaperson9155]

You need to get that fixed by a doctor first. Intrusive thoughts are a brain gone funky

[@Akira_1008]

​@justaperson9155 absolutely not true, everyone has intrusive thoughts, theyre completely normal. However, he's playing games like chess and Mario Kart not driving a real car or doing anything that could be potentially dangerous with his brain so the intrusive thoughts probably don't even get registered

[@user-mc7rd6ep1s]

Ajeeb log hain insan ko machine or machine ko insan banana chahty hain...

[@shashankshekhar6952]

It's called technological advancement 😀

[@Reym_ai]

A webcam is enough to move the cursor without hands.

[@gluetubeserver]

Yes, eye tracking is a thing. People don't think anymore

[@shinisaber]

​@@gluetubeservernot its only ise case

[@DoppelFaulenzer]

The number of the beast. 666 B- Weapon

[@davidhughes6048]

664 - The Neighbour of The Beast.

[@shinisaber]

The 666 thing was made as a joke in the 1800s

[@JimmyAtaguba]

Can I get one I've got a test tomorrow

[@user-gr9dg4yi4k]

What did you get on the test? Just saw this comment and got curious lol

[@PTStudent_]

I want it!!!!

[@WillTech-]

This is cool

[@pwgreen420]

Let me know when he can play call of duty....