Elon Musk to show off working brain-hacking device:
Elon Musk is due to demonstrate a working brain-to-machine interface as part of his ambitious plans to give people superhuman powers.
His brain-hacking company, Neuralink, applied to start human trials last year.
But Friday's demonstration will involve a robot and "neurons firing in real time", a series of tweets reveals.
The interface could allow people with neurological conditions to control phones or computers with their mind.
But the long-term ambition is to usher in an age of what Mr Musk calls "superhuman cognition".
People need to merge with artificial intelligence, he says, in part to avoid a scenario where AI becomes so powerful it destroys the human race.
[...] The device the company is developing consists of a tiny probe containing more than 3,000 electrodes attached to flexible threads thinner than a human hair, which can monitor the activity of 1,000 brain neurons.
The company has been working with monkey brains to its realize brain/computer interface.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 29 2020, @12:27AM (2 children)
I'm curious where you got that from. Those other researchers don't have a history of making public statements just for attention with nothing to back it up. And they certainly don't fire people merely for walking past their desks.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Saturday August 29 2020, @12:39AM (1 child)
Nothing you brought up actually matters. This is going to be treated like a medical device for the foreseeable future, and Musk will be dead before he gets to see his cyborg vs. AI fantasy. I bet you would get one implanted if you became quadriplegic and there is nothing better on the market.
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(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 29 2020, @03:32AM
No way I'm risking Borgification. At least an immovable body is at rest and not committing atrocities. Alexa achieving self-awareness and a musky buffer overflow is all it could take to start.