2023-06-17 18:18:45
SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk at the VivaTech conference in Paris, June 16, 2023
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American billionaire Elon Musk announced on Friday that he wanted to equip the first human with neural implants manufactured by his company Neuralink as early as 2023. The CEO of Tesla has obtained authorization from the American health authorities to carry out tests on human beings in the United States.
« We hope that later this year we will do our first human chip implant, for someone who has a form of quadriplegia.”explained the businessman. “I want to reassure anyone who may be scared off by Neuralink. It will be quite a slow process”he added.
Elon Musk hopes to treat paralyzed and Parkinson’s patients
Elon Musk’s goal is to implant chips in the human brain, in order to make the brain and a computer communicate directly. The medium-term goal would be to help people who are paralyzed, suffering from spinal cord injuries or suffering from neurological diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease.
But in the longer term, this discovery might well create a symbiotic relationship between humans and artificial intelligence, which might blur the lines between human thought and computing. A perspective that even scares some AI figures. On May 17, the creator of the chatbot ChatGPT, Sam Altman, alerted the United States Congress to the « serious risks” posed by an uncontrolled development of artificial intelligence, warning of possible “significant damage” caused ” to the society “.
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