Elon Musk released an update on another of his products this week, saying his company Neuralink is likely to begin human trials for their brain chip in about six months. But Trevor Noah will believe it when he sees it.
On Thursday night’s show, Noah shared footage of Musk at a recent presentation explaining the chips, which are reportedly designed in part to help people with disabilities move and communicate again. In the clip, the Twitter CEO explained the implants’ process as “replacing a piece of a skull with a smartwatch.”
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And that alone gave Noah “a little break.” The Daily Show host joked that with a smartwatch on your wrist, all you could do was shake your arm and get the device working properly again. But with a microchip in your skull, Noah jokingly feared it might cause people to act like Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.
“If it messes up in my brain, what then?” asked Noah. “Suddenly I’m on Alex Jones and praising Hitler for inventing the microphone? Will that happen?”
Of course, only if the chip comes out at all. As he continued, Noah compiled a long list of promises Musk had made about his companies and products in the past that definitely didn’t stick to his schedule.
“If we had more time now, we could talk about how Elon promised three years ago that his brain chip would be ready for human trials. Or how he promised that Teslas would drive autonomously by 2017. Or how he would build a high-speed subway by 2020. Or how he would end up on Mars by 2022,” listed Noah. “Basically, this guy is a guy at a strip club who’s pouring IOUs.”
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Assuming Musk’s brain chips eventually come out, Noah said he probably wouldn’t feel confident enough about getting one — especially since it’s from Musk’s mind.
“A year ago I would have been like, ‘The Tesla guy? Maybe! Maybe,’” Noah said. “But now I’m like, ‘The Twitter guy? mm I’ll pay him $8 to stay away.’”
You can watch the full segment of The Daily Show in the video above.
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