Noland Arbaugh (First Neuralink Patient) Q&A Video

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by ryzvonusef • 2 years ago

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ryzvonusef• 2 years ago

This is the patient's personal twitter account.

The 56 min video is a presentation given to Neuralink staff by him and his team.

The level of control he had within the first 24 hours after surgery is amazing.

brcmthrowaway• 2 years ago

Never doubt Elon

purpleidea• 2 years ago

I think the idea of implanting proprietary software in someone's brain is terrible, but this is really heartwarming and very worth watching the whole way through:

I think I lost it at his monkey-banana-smoothie joke. (Background: when they are training monkeys, banana smoothie can sometimes be used as a reward.)

poyu• 2 years ago

Isn’t that like almost all of medical devices though? Including ones that have critical life sustaining functions.

drooby• 2 years ago

It's really all software.

It's just that in this case the interface is within the skull as opposed to transmission through the optical nerve. :P

squigz• 2 years ago

Well... yes. What's your point?

Noland Arbaugh (First Neuralink Patient) Q&A Video

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