Science Elon Musk's Neuralink implants brain chip in first human - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration had given the company clearance last year to conduct its first trial to test its implant on humans, a critical milestone in the startup's ambitions.

The first human patient has received an implant from brain-chip startup Neuralink on Sunday and is recovering well, the company's billionaire founder Elon Musk said.

"Initial results show promising neuron spike detection," Musk said in a post on the social media platform X on Monday.

Spikes are activity by neurons, which the National Institute of Health describes as cells that use electrical and chemical signals to send information around the brain and to the body.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration had given the company clearance last year to conduct its first trial to test its implant on humans, a critical milestone in the startup's ambitions to help patients overcome paralysis and a host of neurological conditions.

In September, Neuralink said it received approval for recruitment for the human trial.

The study uses a robot to surgically place a brain-computer interface (BCI) implant in a region of the brain that controls the intention to move, Neuralink said previously, adding that its initial goal is to enable people to control a computer cursor or keyboard using their thoughts alone.


Neuralink logo and Elon Musk photo are seen in this illustration taken, December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo.

The implants' "ultra-fine" threads help transmit signals in participants' brains, Neuralink has said.

The first product from Neuralink would be called Telepathy, Musk said in a separate post on X.

The startup's PRIME Study is a trial for its wireless brain-computer interface to evaluate the safety of the implant and surgical robot.
Neuralink did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for further details.

The company has faced calls for scrutiny regarding its safety protocols. Reuters reported earlier this month that the company was fined for violating U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) rules regarding the movement of hazardous materials.

The company was valued at about $5 billion last June, but four lawmakers in late November asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether Musk had misled investors about the safety of its technology after veterinary records showed problems with the implants on monkeys included paralysis, seizures and brain swelling.

Musk wrote in a social media post on Sept. 10 that "no monkey has died as a result of a Neuralink implant." He added that the company chose "terminal" monkeys to minimize risk to healthy ones.

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[Night Crawler]

How is this supposed to help paralyzed people? Being able to move a cursor around on screen isn't much at all. You are paralyzed but you can still use a computer with a shitty version of the internet. Imagine going to a porn site and you can't even jack off. How awful.

wow a brain chip? this is just like the uh mark of the beast from the bible or whatever. idk I didn't read it. anyway the jewluminati will be forcefully implanting these in everyone's heads from now on so they can make denying the holocaust illegal. ever read a little book called Nineteen Eighty-Four? it's real, bud. to get vital information about how to #resist the inevitable totalitarian tyranny of the deep state, make sure you like this video, subscribe to my channel, and head on over to my Patreon

The mark of the beast isn't real. Neither is that 666 shit. It was made up by 80's heavy metal bands.

 

[Betonhaus]

Or you could always wind up with an overheating dick implant, thus earning you the nickname of "Flaming Crotch Man".
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Don't be this loser.

Or this loser

 

[I'm Retarded?]

The mark of the beast isn't real. Neither is that 666 shit. It was made up by 80's heavy metal bands.

whether it's real or not is still TBD, but it is in the Bible (Revelation 13):

16 And he causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 and he decrees that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.

 

[ResidentHousepet]

I watched Ghost in the Shell. Shit isn't good. I don't want my bio-mecha pussy 3000 to get hacked.

Better switch to Cyberbrain Autistic Mode

Either way I don't feel great about putting things in my brain. Its already super sensitive to physical shock and even relatively low-grade trauma is bad news for brain health. For all its purported benefit, I can't forsee this being sustainable in the long term, such that I fear what happens when you get a faulty unit or improper surgical installation. The human body whilst relatively well understood, is none-the-less unpredictable. To me, the question is what benefit can this really endow to the average consumer. I just can't think of what advantage to a normal life this product/technology can realistically offer, that existing non-invasive alternatives don't already provide effectively. Voice commands seem pretty fine to me and controlling technology with your thoughts just seems fundamentally obsolete in light of already existing control schemes. Not to mention the potential for misuse and exploitative practices born of logging and collating the device data.

Its uncomfortable enough talking with someone about something, only to then recieve a targeted ad showing up immediately the next time you go online. Furthermore, one can't help but wonder if the developers are able to do things like remotely disable your chip, place limits on use, and employ tiers of useability behind escalating costs. I don't want to suddenly end up having to buy updates or subscribe to whatever service the chip relies on. When companies are not afraid of utilising planned obsolescence, how does that stack up for the individual when in order to remain up-to-date, that individual must face a potential series of surgeries, each with their own level of risk.

If it helps severely disabled and 'locked-in' people better achieve a higher quality of life, then I can atleast understand the desire to develop and instill this technology within that particular demographic of the population. That being said, as an individual with an average level of physical ability, the Neuralink Chip offers me nothing I wouldn't rather just do myself with my unmolested body. To me, there are just too many risks, and too many unknown unknows. Not to mention you can bet that its full capabilities will not be revealed until its too late, and we find out the hard way.

 

[The Gene Genie]

Complete meme and total grift. They're going to kill some dumb retard like they did with all their monkeys to continue getting government taxpayer grift money. Ridiculous and that should be the real story.

 

[neverendingmidi]

And thus EoLon takes out all of his detractors...

 

[.iota.]

Musk wrote in a social media post on Sept. 10 that "no monkey has died as a result of a Neuralink implant." He added that the company chose "terminal" monkeys to minimize risk to healthy ones.

does that mean that the company will also choose "terminal" humans to minimize the risk to healthy ones?

if so, then i would suggest choosing the zoosadists, the rapists, and those who abuse children and the elderly.

oh, and don't worry about minimizing the risk.

 

[Betonhaus]

Again, most of the fearmongering assumes the implant can edit your brainwaves in any way.

The pictures itself shows that the actual processing unit is a detachable bean that you can take off whenever you want to in order to disable the implant