Neuralink is an American neurotechnology company involved in the development of a chip that is implanted in the brain and an interface that enables communication between the brain and the computer.
The company was founded in 2016 by Elon Musk and consists of 85 engineers who have the task of building a hard drive for the human brain.
According to the source, Musk points out that people should merge with machines to overcome an “existential threat” called artificial intelligence.
As Elon has mentioned on other occasions, AI will be able to destroy mankind, so we must be one step ahead for the physicist.
AI is only digital intelligence. And as algorithms and hardware improve, digital intelligence will clearly outperform biological intelligence. It is obvious.
Musk warned that man could end up having the same fate as monkeys, which were driven by the most intelligent species, Homo sapiens, to a very small place like the jungle or the zoo.
A situation that would occur for the tycoon if the machines had an exponential knowledge greater than that of humanity.
As one primate species, Homo sapiens, became much smarter than other primates, he brought everyone else into a very small habitat.
A symbiosis to defend the future
Musk mentions that Neurolink’s long-term aspiration produces a chip that is implanted into the brain in the best Hollywood movie style, with a “micro-level electrode-neuron interface”, a chip that has many tiny wires implanted into the brain.
The long-term goal with Neuralink would be to achieve a symbiosis with artificial intelligence using a chip and a heap of tiny wires implanted into your skull.
For the tycoon, this would make it possible to avoid a “democratization of intelligence,” i.e., a world where governments and large corporations dominate the masses with fewer resources.
A kind of democratization of intelligence so that it is not monopolistically supported in purely digital form by governments and large corporations.
A contribution to science
Musk says that this technology could be used to solve problems with spinal cord injury and Alzheimer’s because implanting electrodes into the motor cortex is something that is known today.
We already know how to do that: Implant electrodes into the motor cortex of the brain, then bypass the incision through the spine and have local microcontrollers near the muscle groups. It could restore full functionality of the extremities. When people age, lose their memory, it is incredibly sad for a mother to forget her children, and that too can be solved.
Elon Musk has always been known for his very futuristic ideas, but this is undoubtedly the one that is most similar to a science fiction movie. Finally, the CEO of SpaceX mentions that this technology could be implemented within a decade.