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Elon Musk's Neuralink looks to begin outfitting human brains with faster I/O

by tcarn on 7/17/19, 2:44 PM with 15 comments

  • by pontifier on 7/18/19, 1:52 AM

    I think he's hit the nail on the head about symbiosis with AI. If we can start to augment our own intelligence then we can, like he said, "go along for the ride".

    I feel like we've read a lot of the same Sci-Fi books... here are some of my favorites that involve augmented intelligence and the possible AI struggles in the future:

    True names, the Peace War books, as well as the short story "Bookworm, Run!" by Vernor Vinge.

    Old man's war by John Scalzi.

    The Heechee Saga by Frederick Pohl.

    The Fall Revolution series by Ken MacLeod.

    The Virga series by Karl Schroeder.

    Musk is playing an active role in the Sci-Non-Fi that we'll all be a part of if we live long enough...

  • by jammygit on 7/17/19, 6:38 PM

    After just reading that recent article about working conditions at Tesla and the struggles there to produce at high enough quality levels, it is surprising that he is working on this as well.

    One can't help but to take it seriously considering his other achievements, but I hope he doesn't stretch himself too thin.

    - Tesla

    - SpaceX

    - Boring Co

    - Neuralink

    - Flamethrower innovator

    edit: the video linked in the ars technica article about similar tech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=QRt8QCx3BCo

  • by LinuxBender on 7/17/19, 7:41 PM

    Will there be a bug-bounty program for the wireless brain interface?

  • by nikolay on 7/19/19, 8:17 AM

    Elon really likes to be the real-life Iron Man...

  • by devoply on 7/17/19, 6:37 PM

    In the 90s they did something similar, wiring up some poor soul who did not have any other options with a bunch of wires to make him walk by wiring impulses from the brain to the legs eventually to abandon him with all the wires still plugged up into him when the funding was cancelled. Please don't be that guy. This is very far fetched and totally science fiction and much like most of Musk's other schemes, or maybe like Elizbeth Holmes schemes, does not really match up with reality of what's possible.