Elon Musk has already launched a new company dedicated to linking human brains with computers, The Wall Street Journal's Rolfe Winkler first reported Monday.
Internal sources tell the WSJ that the company, called Neuralink, is developing "neural lace" technology that would allow people to communicate directly with machines without going through a physical interface. Neuralink was registered as a medical research company in California last July.
Neural lace involves implanting electrodes in the brain so people could upload or download their thoughts to or from a computer, according to the WSJ report. The product could allow humans to achieve higher levels of cognitive function.
[...] Musk has expressed his interest in "neural lace" technology before. Musk first described the potential product at Vox Media's Code Conference in 2016, saying it would allow humans to achieve "symbiosis" with machines.
He said the "neural lace" could prevent people from becoming "house cats" to artificial intelligence.
[...] Facebook is also exploring similar technology through its secretive hardware division Building 8. The group is developing non-invasive, brain-computer interface technology that would allow people to communicate with external hardware devices.
Source: Business Insider
(Score: 1, Disagree) by corey on Wednesday March 29 2017, @09:44PM (2 children)
Do not want.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 29 2017, @10:19PM (1 child)
1. First they get you to use it on a desktop (computer)
2. Then they get you to carry it in your pocket (mobile phone)
3. Then they get you to wear it (smart watch, google glass)
4. Then they get inside your brain (neural probe)
You can see where this was meant to lead to: Total Control.
All this was decided many decades (perhaps centuries) ago. Musk is only a front-man for this hidden hand controlling world affairs that are designed to lead to our total annihilation.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 29 2017, @10:32PM
If you control the technology, you could turn yourself into a human weapon.