Elon Musk's Neuralink company is conducting its first human trials, implanting a tiny chip onto the surface of a person's brain to allow them to talk directly with computers
These devices could allow you to carry out simple tasks like searching for information or performing complex calculations with computers. They could theoretically also create technological telepathy, restore sight to people who are blind and enable paralysed people to control prostheses and regain their movement. Musk hasNeuralink’s device is around the size of a coin and designed to be implanted beneath the skull, with tiny wires reaching a short distance into the brain to read neuron activity.
In 2022 the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, an advocacy organisation, sent a letter to the US Department of Agricultureinto what it called “apparent egregious violations of the Animal Welfare Act related to the treatment of monkeys used in invasive brain experiments”.that same year cited documents and sources that indicated Neuralink’s tests had killed 1500 animals, in some cases causing “needless suffering and deaths”.
Any device intended for human implantation will need to clear a number of regulatory hurdles to ensure that the device itself, the process of installation and its continued use is relatively safe and that any potential risks are well understood.We are a long way from this being a commercial product, with lots of testing and accreditation ahead, so it is too early to tell. But Musk has made it clear that he intends to commercialise the technology.
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