Elon Musk’s Neuralink to Present Show & Tell Progress Update on Halloween
Elon Musk shared on Twitter that he’s going to do a Neuralink progress update show & tell on October 31st (Halloween). Neuralink is working on building high-bandwidth brain-machine interfaces.
These devices enable a computer or other digital device to communicate directly with the brain and accomplish two main things:
1. Prevent bad AI outcomes
2. Solve brain/ spine problems like strokes, blindness, paralysis, etc.
Elon Musk has long shared his concerns about AI and the dangers associated with having general intelligence that is far superior to humans in every way.
Here’s a clip of his thoughts about AI from 2014:
Elon is among numerous others who are concerned about the dangers of AI. Stephen Hawking for example, believe “AI could spell the end of the human race.”
