Elon Musk implanted a chip in the brain of a second person and promised to turn us into superhumans
Elon Musk's company Neuralink has successfully implanted its chip into the brain of a second patient, allowing him to control digital devices with the power of thought, reports The Guardian.
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Neuralink continues to test its device designed to help people with spinal cord injuries. The device allowed to the first patient who is paralyzed after an accident, play video games, surf the internet, post on social media, and move the cursor on your laptop.
On August 2, Elon Musk, commenting on the implantation of a chip into the second test subject in podcast lasting over 8 hours, said little about the second participant in the experiment. He said only that the man had a spinal cord injury similar to that suffered by the first participant, who was paralyzed in a diving accident. Musk said the 400 electrodes in the implant in the second patient's brain were working. Neuralink states on its website that the implant uses 1024 electrodes.
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“I don’t want to jinx it, but it looks like everything went very well with the second implant,” Musk told podcast host Lex Friedman. – The signal is good, there are many electrodes. Everything works very well."
Musk did not reveal exactly when Neuralink performed the operation on the second patient. The company will provide the implants to eight more patients this year as part of its clinical trials, he said.
The first patient, Noland Arbaugh, was interviewed on a podcast along with three Neuralink executives who provided details about how the implant works.
Before Arbo received his chip in January, he used a computer with a stick in his mouth to press on the tablet's touch screen. Arbaugh said that with the implant, he now just has to think about what he wants and the device will respond to his thoughts. This chip gave him new opportunities and reduced his dependence on other people caring for him.
After the operation, not everything went smoothly for Arbo. Initially, the tiny wires in his implant shrunk, reducing the number of active electrodes that could measure brain signals. Reuters reported that Neuralink was aware of the problem from animal testing.
Neuralink said it restored the implant's ability to track Arbo's brain signals by making changes that included modifying its algorithm to increase sensitivity. Arbo has improved on his previous record for the speed with which he can control a cursor with just his mind.
“It only uses about 10-15% of the electrodes,” Musk said in the podcast. In addition, he stated that in the future, thanks to Neuralink, he will turn us into superhumans.
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According to Musk, he and Donald Trump, whom he supports in the presidential race, discussed the creation of a commission that would deal with reducing government regulation of business. The current regulatory rules, in his opinion, hinder the introduction of innovative technologies.
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