Thought-Controlled Robotics is now very real and it's happening with Neuralink
A paralyzed Neuralink patient, Alex Conley, just controlled a robotic arm using only his thoughts - then piloted a drone with his mind
Meanwhile, another patient, Jon L. Noble, is now playing World of Warcraft hands-free using only brain signals
Two years ago, this was pure science fiction
Today, it’s happening in clinical trials
Neuralink not just restoring independence, it’s also unlocking new dimensions of human capability
Patients who were once completely paralyzed are now interacting with the physical and digital world using nothing but their thoughts
The future is not coming. It’s already here
The Tesla office feels like a modern-day computer museum as you walk past generations of vehicles, which are technically computers with wheels.
Guests often ask what I am working on.
“Technically, wherever photons touch those machines.”
For people who work on digital computer systems, the computer is often a box.
But in our world, the computer can move and must navigate weather, traffic, and terrain.
Thus, our compute extends beyond ops per second to the surrounding systems that keep it moving.
It is hard to go back to working on computers that don’t move once you have experienced one that can move itself.
A reason we’re in this mess is that we’ve tacitly accepted the lie that racism is the ultimate sin.
Worse than rape. Worse than grooming. Worse than pedophilia. Worse than trafficking. Worse than domestic violence. Worse than incest. Worse than everything!