Elon Musk announced on Friday that he wanted to donate a first human “later this year”. Neuroimplants from his company Neuralinkwhose technology has just been approved in the United States.
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“We hope that later this year we can implant a chip in people for the first time, in someone who has a form of quadriplegia,” the billionaire explained when he finished a question-and-survey from a child and his father – answer session before 3,600 people at the Dôme de Paris.
“I want to reassure anyone who might be put off by Neuralink. It’s going to be quite a slow process,” he added.
Neuralink, a startup founded by Elon Musk, received approval from US health officials in late May to test its brain implants on humans. The aim of the multi-billionaire is to enable direct communication between the brain and computer by installing chips in human brains.
The medium-term goal is to help people who are paralyzed, have spinal cord injuries or suffer from neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s disease.
The long-term goal is to create a symbiotic relationship between humans and artificial intelligence that could blur the lines between human thinking and computers.