News Elon Musk says first human Neuralink implantee can now move a mouse around 'just by thinking

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The first human patient to receive a Neuralink implant has recovered well after the procedure, and is now able to ‘move the mouse around the screen just by thinking, says Elon Musk

Elon Musk says first human Neuralink implantee can now move a mouse around 'just by thinking : Read more

 

[Notton]

You understand why this is flawed journalism, right?
You're saying, that he's saying, that some experiment worked, and there is not even video evidence to backup this hearsay claim.

 

[ingtar33]

You understand why this is flawed journalism, right?
You're saying, that he's saying, that some experiment worked, and there is not even video evidence to backup this hearsay claim.

this is like... 99% of all journalism. Remember Elizabeth Holmes? person a says something. reporter b copies it verbatim, gullible venture capitalists jump on the next great thing (Theranos). rinse-repeat

I remember I was watching the news with my father when the first "everything blood analyzer" was first reported by the press and my father nearly fell out of his chair laughing. as someone who's been working in radiation medicine developing cancer drugs he knew the claims were <Mod Edit> on the face of them. Had the press talked to anyone in the medical industry they would have heard this was <Mod Edit>. but they didn't bother to ask questions.

 

[jkflipflop98]

He built Tesla and SpaceX. . . I'll give the man the benefit of the doubt for now.

While it's true you've been able to "move a mouse by thinking about it" for a while, this is the first baby step of many. Breakthroughs are cool and all, but most engineering is good ol' incremental iteration.

 

[oofdragon]

HTH volunteer to have a antenna plugged into his brain?

 

[gg83]

You understand why this is flawed journalism, right?
You're saying, that he's saying, that some experiment worked, and there is not even video evidence to backup this hearsay claim.

Lmao, it's like the news talking about what a celebrity tweeted. Pretty much useless.

 

[gg83]

Now space x is building a "star lab". He literally is like Wayland from alien saga.

 

[ThomasKinsley]

this is like... 99% of all journalism. Remember Elizabeth Holmes? person a says something. reporter b copies it verbatim, gullible venture capitalists jump on the next great thing (Theranos). rinse-repeat

I remember I was watching the news with my father when the first "everything blood analyzer" was first reported by the press and my father nearly fell out of his chair laughing. as someone who's been working in radiation medicine developing cancer drugs he knew the claims were <Mod Edit> on the face of them. Had the press talked to anyone in the medical industry they would have heard this was <Mod Edit>. but they didn't bother to ask questions.

This. It also makes me think of Juicero. The glorified juicer that cost hundreds of dollars and all it did was collect your personal data and squeeze juice from a proprietary bag, which you could do faster and easier with your bare hands. The product received major endorsements and nobody questioned it until someone squeezed the bag. It's peculiar, but people still treat technology as some sort of mystic power. As long as it makes grandiose promises about our quality of life and has an upperclass sense, people are willing to suspend disbelief and spend money.

 

[hotaru251]

also don't forget this isnt anything new.

We have had technology to interact with stuff via brainwaves for a long time just Muskrats version is a brain implant instead of something you wear on outside of your body.

He built Tesla and SpaceX. . . I'll give the man the benefit of the doubt for now.

He didn't build Tesla..he took it over from the actual person who did. (because Musk wasn't getting any spotlight and we know how big his ego for that is)

 

[Findecanor]

We should know by now, that nothing that Elon Musk says should be taken at face value.

 

[Rabohinf]

He built Tesla and SpaceX. . . I'll give the man the benefit of the doubt for now.

While it's true you've been able to "move a mouse by thinking about it" for a while, this is the first baby step of many. Breakthroughs are cool and all, but most engineering is good ol' incremental iteration.

But can we move a man by moving a mouse?

 

[ingtar33]

He didn't build Tesla..he took it over from the actual person who did. (because Musk wasn't getting any spotlight and we know how big his ego for that is)

dude, I am no Musk fanboy, but this is a bald faced lie. YES tesla existed before musk took it over. it had no cars, no production line; all it had to it's name were a couple of patents.

Its was being used as a tax shelter by it's former owner. Musk bought it for a song because he thought a few of the patents were good, and the name was fire. He wasn't buying anything else.

I would say he "built" tesla since there wasn't really a tesla before he purchased it, outside of some paperwork and an office. He didn't FOUND tesla, had you used that word your comment would have closer to the truth.

That said; there are better ways you could have attacked musk's ownership of tesla. for example, it's clear tesla was original built to take advantage of generous tax credits, using government "welfare" to make the company viable. Now this is true. The difference between tesla and most similar type of companies who were taking advantage of those government subsidies is Musk created a self sustaining company for when those government subsidies ran out. In which case you could say his leadership has been a massive success. He successfully built the first major american car company not owned by one of the big 3; that's no small feat. (not that the big 3 really exist anymore, Chrysler is no longer an american company, and GM seems to be heading the same direction). that it was heavily subsidized by the federal government is immaterial, those subsidies weren't available strictly to tesla, but to anyone who wanted to build an alternate fuel vehicle.

I am highly dubious about Musk having any interest in the environment, he just saw an opportunity to take advantage of massive government funding, put together a great team, bought the right company, and made it work.

those out there who like to claim musk is an idiot are welcome to do so, but for a guy who basically spent every penny on spacex and tesla (at the same point in time in his life) he certainly turned both gambles into something. I credit him not with genius, but with a good nose for employees and a better one for investment opportunities (when he doesn't get in his own way)