First human patient Neuralink He would have made a full recovery by now after receiving a brain chip last month. And according to Elon Musk, the founder of the biotech company, this man showed that You can control the computer mouse simply by using your mind.
The patient in question was implanted with a device called “Telepathy”, which allowed the activation of a brain-computer interface. Neuralink conducted this first human trial after years of testing the chip on dozens of animals. Among them are monkeys and pigs.
“Progress is good and the patient appears to have made a full recovery, with no side effects that we are aware of,” Elon Musk said yesterday, Monday, during Space of X (formerly Twitter). “The patient can move the mouse around the screen just by thinking,” the billionaire said.
Elon Musk spoke about Neuralink now I tried to get the patient to make as many mouse clicks as possible., but did not provide further details. A couple of weeks ago, the mogul reported that this first implanted coin-sized device had already achieved “promising detection of neuronal spikes.” And he said he hopes to soon demonstrate that this first volunteer can control a mobile phone with his mind thanks to his chip.
This is the first of 11 operations Neuralink hopes to carry out this year.. According to the company, the first telepathy implantations are being performed on people who have lost the use of their limbs. The experiment was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
What’s next for Neuralink and Elon Musk?
Neuralink explained that this first phase of research aimed to enable a person with paralysis to use a computer cursor or keyboard using only their mind. But this is only the beginning of a long experiment. The company estimates the study will last at least six years.
Neuralink already has some planned 27 operations by 2025 and another 79 by 2026. Since then, according to documents the company provided to investors, the idea is to dramatically scale up human testing: They estimate that 499 operations will be performed in 2027, and in 2030 the number will reach 22,204.
Elon Musk has stated that he strives to cure paralysis and other ailments such as blindness, schizophrenia or depression. He also mentioned that he hopes that in the long run, his invention can save humanity from artificial intelligence. “In the long term, Neuralink hopes to play a role in reducing the civilizational risk of artificial intelligence by improving human-to-AI—and human-to-human—throughput by several orders of magnitude,” he wrote in X magazine last year. .
There is also a lot of money involved here. Neuralink estimates that each operation to implant these brain chips will cost about $10,500. This item includes exams, parts and work. But in terms of revenue, the company estimates 100 million annually for five years.
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