Elon Musk, the founder of Neuralink, made a bold prediction during a podcast. According to Musk, someone with a Neuralink implant should soon be able to be on level or better than someone considered a “pro gamer” due to the technology allowing a faster reaction time.
“We feel pretty confident that maybe in the next year or two, someone with a Neuralink implant would be able to outperform a pro gamer because the reaction time would be faster,” Musk said.
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The announcement came as Neuralink achieved another milestone with its second successful brain implant in a patient with spinal cord injuries, aiming to enable the person to control digital devices purely through thought.
Musk said that this latest patient, similar to the first who was paralyzed in a diving accident, is showing promising results.
Noland Arbaugh, a quadriplegic, was the first human recipient of the Neuralink chip. He can now play video games using only his mind.
“Me trying to move a body part and then that being mapped in some sort of machine learning algorithm to be able to identify my brain signals and then take that and give me cursor control that all kind of made sense to me,” Arbaugh said. “I don’t know all the ins and outs of it, but there are still signals in my brain firing, they just can’t get through because there’s like a gap in my spinal cord.”
Musk hopes to expand Neuralink’s capabilities beyond repairing neuron damage to enhancing AI-human interactions. That could include “augmentation” for individuals without neurological issues, potentially offering superhuman abilities such as improved vision across different spectrums.
However, these advancements raise serious medical and ethical questions regarding both the long-term effects of implanting such devices and also concerns over privacy, consent and potential misuse.
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