Neuralink chief says firm planning to connect device to human brain within 12 months
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Elon Musk says technology he is working on could render human language obsolete in
as few as five years.
The Tesla chief, appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, made the prediction during a discussion about his neurotechnology firm Neuralink.
Musk said he hoped the company would be able to connect a Neuralink device to a human brain for the very first time within the next year.
The chip, which is battery-powered, would be implanted in the skull and its electrodes “very carefully” inserted into the brain.
“It can interface with anywhere in your brain, so it could be something that helps cure eyesight,” Musk told Rogan, adding: “In principle it can fix almost anything that’s wrong with the brain.”
Although the first-generation devices would be [...]
Who is ElonMusk? Elon Musk (born 1971) is an engineer, industrial designer, technology entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the founder, CEO, CTO and chief designer of SpaceX; early investor, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; co-founder of Neuralink; and co-founder and
initial co-chairman of OpenAI. Musk was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2018. In 2018, he was ranked 25th on the Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People, and was ranked joint-first on the Forbes list of the Most Innovative Leaders of 2019. As of August 27, 2020, his net worth was estimated by Bloomberg's Billionaires Index at US$101 billion, making him the world's 4th centi-billionaire. Musk is the longest tenured CEO of any automotive manufacturer globally.
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