Futurist entrepreneur Elon Musk demonstrates progress made by his Neuralink startup in meshing brains with computers, saying the work is essential to the future of humanity
Musk has long contended that a neural lace merging minds with machines is vital if people are going to avoid being so outpaced by artificial intelligence that, under the best of circumstances, humans would be akin to"house cats."
Musk has long contended that a neural lace merging minds with machines is vital if people are going to avoid being so outpaced by artificial intelligence that, under the best of circumstances, humans would be akin to "house cats.""That is what I think might be the most important thing that a device like this achieves."
A trio of pigs in pens took part in the demonstration: one of them named Gertrude was said to have been implanted with a Neuralink device wired to detect spikes in nerve activity in her snout.Musk said that since the first version of Neuralink was revealed slightly more than a year ago, the device has been simplified and reduced to about the size of a large coin and the thickness of the skull.
Experts and academics remain cautious about his vision of symbiotically merging minds with super-powered computing.
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