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posted by Fnord666 on Friday August 28 2020, @09:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the presumably-not-an-axe dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Saturday August 29 2020, @01:53AM (1 child)

    by Immerman (3985) on Saturday August 29 2020, @01:53AM (#1043590)

    Why would it do that?

    AI's only motivation is likely to be what we give it - and we'll give it motivations in line with perpetuating what we're already doing.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 29 2020, @02:19AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 29 2020, @02:19AM (#1043605)

    Directive Four: *** CLassified.***