Start Nerve connectionThe company, which is developing a brain-computer interface (BCI), plans to implant its device in a second patient in about a week, the company’s founder Elon Musk announced during a recent video conference.
During a broadcast on the X social network, Musk and several key employees of Neuralink described the current and future possibilities of neurochips. In the short term, the company aims to help patients with traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries by giving them the ability to control phones and computers with the power of thought.
The long-term goal is to reduce the risk to civilization from AI development. Musk said Neuralink would help create a “closer symbiosis between human and digital intelligence.” The billionaire is confident the chips Nerve connection will give people superpowers.