Posted on 04/10/2021 9:19:37 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
Elon Musk's startup devoted to meshing brains with computers was closer to its dream on Friday, having gotten a monkey to play video game Pong using only its mind.
Musk has long contended that merging minds with machines is vital if people are going to avoid being outpaced by artificial intelligence.
A video posted on YouTube by the entrepreneur's Neuralink startup showed a macaque monkey named "Pager" playing Pong by essentially using thought to move paddles that bounce digital balls back and forth on screen.
"To control his paddle, Pager simply thinks about moving his hand up or down," said a voice narrating the video. "As you can see, Pager is amazingly good at MindPong."
Neuralink devices were implanted on two sides of Pager's brain to sense neuron activity, then the monkey played the game a few minutes using a joystick to let software figure out the signals associated with hand movements.
Pager's reward was banana smoothly served through a straw when he successfully batted the digital ball from one paddle to the other, according to the demonstration.
After a few minutes, the "decoder" program figured out what neuron signals to look for and the joystick was no longer needed for Pager to play the game.
"A monkey is literally playing a video game telepathically using a brain chip!!" Musk tweeted triumphantly.
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
Researcher to chimp: “The door blew shut and locked. We’re trapped in here. Open the game pod door, Pager.”
“I’m afraid I can’t do that.”
Do you really think Musk needs to “win funding”? He can fund this with the change that falls into his couch.
Gross disrespect of God’s creation.
His empire is built on gubmint funding and subsidies. Do I like some of his tech? Of course! But this is smoke and mirrors
Welcome to the Matrix.
Be nice 👎
I want one but I want it linked to a quad 50.
I’m disgusted by all of these threads about Joe Biden playing Mariokart.
Mind Pong is great!
But I understand when he loses he Mind Flings Poo everywhere!!
The secret behind Elon Musk's autonomous self-driving robo-taxi network: rows of monkeys remotely controlling vehicles on the road with their brains. A vast improvement over many of the human drivers on the roads.
“A video posted on YouTube by the entrepreneur’s Neuralink startup showed a macaque monkey named “Pager” playing Pong by essentially using thought to move paddles that bounce digital balls back and forth on screen.
“To control his paddle, Pager simply thinks about moving his hand up or down,” said a voice narrating the video. “As you can see, Pager is amazingly good at MindPong.”
Ah, he’s not that good...I beat him 2 games out of 3.
Cyberpunk 2021
That monkey probably has more decision-making skills than the potato sitting in the Oval Office.
That said-- this is probably a greater threat to Christianity, Western Civilization, and ultimately, the human race, than genetic engineering.
Monkey plays video game - with its brainBFD, I think most people with NO brains play video games.
Could be true. But It looks too controlled for brainwaves that are all over the place at any given time...
Monkey plays video game - with its brain
We already knew that Biden did it last year in his basement.
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