Elon Musk [Tesla, Space X, etc] wants to delve into the realm of mind control. Not in the sense we might initially think of, such as our minds being controlled, but instead, have our minds be the control mechanism.
This is the goal of a company he founded called Neuralink. The immediate objective is to enable a human to control a computer through thought. It's been done, you say? You've seen Stephen Hawking on TV? Well yes, to that extent, it's been done, but in Musk's world the idea goes much farther. For instance, the ability to play video games just by thinking about each move would be little more than a transitional step in the process.
An intermediate goal [and intermediate in this case seems to be lacking] would be to have the Neuralink implant control the effects of Alzheimer's disease, Dementia, and Spinal cord injuries.
Now, about that implant... yes, all this would be accomplished by an implant inserted into your brain. And which surgeon could perform such a task? None, apparently, because the micro-scale threads that would be attached to prescribed areas of the brain are so small that no human hand could place them accurately.
That could be a problem, right? Yep, except in Muskville it's no problem at all. You just create a robot to do the surgery for you, and the robot part of all this is what takes us to the long term goals of this endeavor, human symbiosis with artificial intelligence. Read that again... human symbiosis with artificial intelligence.
Do you remember this guy from Star Trek?
We are him and he is us.
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"Amazing!"
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"Oh sh_t"
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