Neuralink Monkey Plays Mind Pong

Neura Pod - Neuralink
3 min readApr 10, 2021
Neuralink monkey playing pong w/ just the mind.

Would you insert a chip in your brain to play video games at triple or quadruple speed?

Despite how cool or frightening that may sound, that’s not the only thing Neuralink is working on.

This Elon Musk company is not as well known as Tesla or SpaceX, but they sure will be if they keep making progress like this. If you aren’t familiar with Neuralink, the quick few things you need to know are:

1. The company will help merge humans with computers by implanting computer chips into our brains, and

2. The company could help almost anyone who’s paralyzed, or anyone with brain disorders, like depression, dementia, or Alzheimer’s Disease

Here’s my reaction to the video Neuralink released on their company YouTube page:

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Neura Pod - Neuralink

Neura Pod is a series covering topics related to Neuralink, Inc. Topics such as brain-machine interface and artificial intelligence will be explored.