People around the world are not very enthusiastic about the idea of Elon Musk putting chips in their brains. Neuralink is a company co-founded by Elon Musk which aims to create a brain-computer interface, which they believe could eventually help the paralyzed walk again. However, this latest news contains cautious skepticisms due to Elon Musk’s past unsuccessful ventures.
The backlash isn’t too much of a surprise given the announcement of tech that would literally be implanted into our brains, which brings back the fear of Skynet from “The Terminator”. Elon Musk himself has even hinted that the development of malicious AI might be a possibility. Many are worried about the technology being utilized for less than positive means in Elon Musk’s undertakings.
Despite the negative response, Neuralink claims it is focusing its efforts on aiding the disabled community, similar to what the Swiss researchers accomplished recently. The announcement has been met by sarcastic comments on the internet, as well as some asking Musk to test on himself first instead of deploying it on humans.
Elon Musk is no stranger to ambitious ideas; whether it be plans to live on Mars, selfdriving cars, help reduce traffic congestion, mini-submarines to save children, or getting everyoneto discuss online responsibly. But his ambitious ideas come with some very visible failures, such as Teslas catching fire spontaneously, which caused quite a ruckus. Musk’s idea of Twitter Spaces also backfired a few days ago when the Governor of Florida’s announcement for his 2024 campaign announcement resulted in major technical difficulties due to the huge number of listeners.
Therefore, the issue with Elon Musk’s plans lies not necessarily in its ambitious nature, but the visible failures which have come as a result of it. People are now told to be wary of anything new presented by Musk because of these failures. At this point, it remains to be seen if Musk will indeed go forward with testing the chips on himself.
