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Neuralink: Elon Musk raises $205M for brain-implanted computer chips
wsbtv.com ^ | 7/30/2021 | Natalie Dreier

Posted on 07/31/2021 6:36:35 AM PDT by bitt

Elon Musk wants to put computer chips in people’s brains and he’s gotten $205 million in funding from companies like Google to make it happen.

It may sound nefarious on the surface, but Musk’s plan is to develop the chip called Neuralink to help people with neurological conditions like Alzheimer’s, dementia and spinal cord injuries, Reuters reported.

Dubai-based venture capital firm Vy Capital and Alphabet Inc.’s Google Ventures contributed to the funding needed to get the startup off the ground.

Neuralink has been seen to work in primates.

In April, the company released a video of a macaque playing a videogame after having the chips implanted in its brain, Reuters reported. It was also tested on pigs, CNBC reported.

Musk then tweeted, saying “First @Neuralink product will enable someone with paralysis to use a smartphone with their mind faster than someone using thumbs.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brain; neuralinkelonmusk
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1 posted on 07/31/2021 6:36:35 AM PDT by bitt
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This won't end well.


2 posted on 07/31/2021 6:38:11 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; ...

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3 posted on 07/31/2021 6:39:09 AM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=500>)
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“It may sound nefarious on the surface...”

Yep.


4 posted on 07/31/2021 6:39:57 AM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: bitt
Can you imagine Rat Party Headquarters getting control of a Freeper’s brain implanted chip?
5 posted on 07/31/2021 6:43:48 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: bitt
Musk’s plan is to develop the chip called Neuralink to help people with neurological conditions like Alzheimer’s, dementia and spinal cord injuries,

But the Democrat's abuse would be horrendous. I started to write that the "unintended consequences" would be horrendous. But the horrendous part wouldn't be unintended, would it?

6 posted on 07/31/2021 6:44:46 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem by far is that most of the news media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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I for one look forward to having a Stepford wife.


7 posted on 07/31/2021 6:46:22 AM PDT by DannyTN
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Oh WOW, nothing to worry about this joyous news.

Question is:

What can go wrong?


8 posted on 07/31/2021 6:49:02 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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Brave New Wotld here we come!


9 posted on 07/31/2021 6:53:15 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: bitt

It does sound nefarious and will be as soon as the wrong people get their hands on this if it succeeds


10 posted on 07/31/2021 6:55:52 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Well I guess I’ll have to line my cowboy hat with tin foil to block the messages.


11 posted on 07/31/2021 7:01:34 AM PDT by dblshot
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Good grief! For the same idea from a neurologist, read this. We had personal experience with this jerk. This guy still “practices” medicine...but I think it’s more to find guinea pigs to experiment on.

https://www.wired.com/2016/01/phil-kennedy-mind-control-computer/


12 posted on 07/31/2021 7:05:34 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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If you can use a phone with it why not a drone, or a cruise missile. Combat teams could be interconnected with each other. The whole population could be interconnected through servers and get their marching orders right from Goggle.


13 posted on 07/31/2021 7:06:50 AM PDT by dblshot
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If it helps me remember where my car keys are, I’ll volunteer to be a guinea pig.


14 posted on 07/31/2021 7:07:03 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: bitt

I’m only putting potato chips in my head.


15 posted on 07/31/2021 7:13:25 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: bitt

Yes. It does sound nefarious. Credit cards and smartphones are bad enough. Unless you want the trifecta.


16 posted on 07/31/2021 7:27:37 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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They will be putting it in my dead body.


17 posted on 07/31/2021 7:27:59 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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I’ll need a double naught spy hat like Jethro had.


18 posted on 07/31/2021 7:42:03 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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“First @Neuralink product will enable someone with paralysis to use a smartphone with their mind faster than someone using thumbs.”

With Google being invested? Google will know the person's thoughts. Here come thought crimes.

19 posted on 07/31/2021 7:50:39 AM PDT by Pollard
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Why is Musk raising money when he has $160 Billion?


20 posted on 07/31/2021 7:52:42 AM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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