Elon Musk‘s Neuralink, a company developing brain-computer interfaces, has set an ambitious target: implanting chips in over 1,000 patients by 2026. This announcement came via Musk’s X (Twitter) platform on July 11th.
Patients who’ve been paralyzed from the neck down can now use devices
The technology appears to be life-changing for some. Noland Arbaugh, the first person to receive a Neuralink implant, publicly shared how it improved his life. Previously paralyzed from the neck down, Arbaugh struggled to interact with technology. After surgery, he can now use devices and even play video games with ease.
However, there have been setbacks. A small wire in Arbaugh’s brain shifted in May. Despite this, a Neuralink executive recently assured that the brain-computer interface chip’s condition is now “more or less very stable.”
During a live broadcast earlier on July 11th (Beijing time), Musk elaborated on Neuralink’s future goals. He aims to implant the chip in thousands of patients within a few years.
Neuralink’s technology allows patients to control robotic limbs with their minds, exceeding the speed of natural brain-limb connections. Musk envisions an even grander purpose: establishing a symbiotic relationship between humans and artificial intelligence to ultimately mitigate the risks AI poses to civilization.
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