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So that means we’re a long way from even discussing the merging of the human brain with AI.
It appears both companies understand that these advancements must happen first in the medical field The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Neuralink was registered in California as a medical research company. The idea is that if you put enough talented people with enough money in one place, you can achieve breakthroughs that otherwise would take years for traditional research organizations. So Neuralink and Kernel are trying to accelerate progress in this field using a mix of financial resources and a kind of brain trust approach to innovation. Illustration by James Bareham / The Verge
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Because operating on the brain is difficult and dangerous, even the most cutting-edge researchers still openly admit to not having the necessary tools or data to fully comprehend how the organ operates or how to repair it when it starts to malfunction. But these techniques are still experimental compared with more mainstream medical procedures. These fictions often treat the arduous cycle of scientific progress as a footnote or a flashback, glazing over out of necessity the decades of medical research required to merge humans with machines.Īs it stands today, brain implants containing multi-electrode arrays are used to try and ameliorate the effects of Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy, while less complex, stimulating devices are used for people suffering from Tourette's, eating disorders, and depression. The only concrete conception of these ideas comes from science fiction, like cyberpunk classic Ghost in the Shell or the Deus Ex video game series, in which it’s taken for granted that society has figured out most of the hard problems and ironed out all the kinks. This all sounds impossible, and right now it is. It could even allow us to directly link with the cloud and other forms of internet infrastructure. This means using a chip inside the skull or some other electronic device that could improve our memory and our ability to perform complex mental tasks, as well as increase speed at which we could communicate with one another. What Neuralink and Kernel are trying to do is take the first steps toward hacking the brain, so to speak, so that human beings can in the future stay healthier for longer and potentially enjoy the benefits of treating the human brain like a computing platform. As neat and sci-fi as those concepts appear, they are far more outlandish and irrelevant to the conversation Musk, Johnson, and other futurists are actually participating in right now. The ultimate goal here is not necessarily to prevent some robot uprising or keep AI “shackled” to humans as a form of control. Neuralink and Kernel want to make us smarter Other companies, like Braintree co-founder Bryan Johnson’s new company Kernel, are also looking into ways to improve human cognition.
Neuralink isn’t the first company to look into what are called brain-computer interfaces, however it is perhaps the most high profile now that Musk’s name is attached. Some also, only half-jokingly it seems, accused Musk of having played a little too much Mass Effect: Andromeda over the weekend.īut to unpack Neuralink’s purported goal a little further, you have to understand what is and is not currently possible in the realm of neuroscience, and why Silicon Valley is putting more time, money, and energy into exploring cognitive enhancement.
Theories ranged from this being Musk’s bold plan to forestall an AI apocalypse to more measured responses about this being a promising contribution toward curing neurodegenerative diseases.
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When news hit yesterday that serial entrepreneur and futurist Elon Musk was investing in a brain chip venture called Neuralink, the billionaire’s fan club went wild.