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: 2) by Immerman on Saturday August 29 2020, @01:53AM (1 child)
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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 29 2020, @02:19AM
Directive Four: *** CLassified.***