Posted on 12/01/2022 8:47:09 AM PST by bitt
On Wednesday, Elon Musk gave an update on the advancement of his Neuralink brain implant/interface project. In the update, he noted he expects to begin clinical trials in six months, and he hopes one of the first targeted applications will be in restoring vision.
Based in Austin, Texas and the San Francisco Bay Area, Neuralink is developing implantable chips which will be designed to interface directly with the human brain. It is hoped the technology will ultimately allow paralyzed patients to regain motor movement, and ultimately, help meld human brains with computers.
Thus far the company has been conducting animal tests on monkeys, as it moves toward seeking US regulatory approval to conduct clinical trials in humans.
During the update Musk said, “We want to be extremely careful and certain that it will work well before putting a device into a human but we’ve submitted I think most of our paperwork to the FDA and we think probably in about six months we should be able to have our first Neuralink in a human.”
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
The company hopes to first pursue two different applications – restoration of vision, and enabling movement of muscles in people unable to do so. Musk said, “Even if someone has never had vision, ever, like they were born blind, we believe we can still restore vision.”
Originally scheduled for October 31st, Musk had postponed the update without reason. At the last Neuralink public update, Musk had unveiled a monkey who played a videogame by thinking alone, and manipulating his brain implant with his neurons directly.
Musk’s ultimate goals with Neuralink are to interface the human brain with computers. From there, it should be possible to allow those suffering from paralysis
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Ooooookay.
Steve Bannon’s Warroom is covering this very topic this morning. The segments can be found on Rumble later on today.
The implications are frightening.
How the rest of us see him:
The democrats beat him to it many years with their brain implant/interface ,LOL
Better to be done in the United States, in the open, than in China, in secrecy.
There are simply too many advantages to this tech.
There is a strong possibility the same, or very similar, will be accomplished by a helmet type device.
I will have no part of this.
Genetic engineering is just as frightening when extrapolated.
Eh, what could go wrong....😬
Let’s see if anyone gets this... “Think in Russian”
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood 🤣
Firefox!
the idea of this is really interesting. the problem with this is that everyone knows computer devices of all sorts can be hacked.
if you can’t create an unhackable platform no thought should be given to linking it with the human mind.
Moreover, if you can’t ascertain for yourself what that platform does once its linked to your mind, without the negative intentions and side effects taking hold, then there is no reason to link it to the human mind.
in other, more succinct words: no way, no how, no thanks.
Transhumanism alert!
Transhumanism alert!
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