Tech billionaire Elon Musk does it all in the IT support world. He founded PayPal. Then he founded SpaceX and Tesla; he’s still the CEO of both. But his next venture boggles my mind, and it might consume my mind, literally. Elon Musk wants your brain and soul.
So, earlier this week, Musk announced his support for Neuralink. That’s a company that puts tech devices in peoples’ brain. At least they want to, because the company is still in it’s early stage. They also want to be players in the AI (artificial intelligence) game. Hence, Neuralink thinks these devices will help us keep up with AI technology. That is, if they can get them in our brain.
Elon Musk seems passionate about merging AI and human intelligence. Recently, he lectured a crowd in Dubai, UAE. He told them a merge between human and AI intelligence will come over time. Furthermore, he continues the conversation on Twitter. They talk about neural lace. That’s a brain-computer thing they can ‘allegedly’ use to improve the human brain. As of March 31, 2017, we only see this in TV, movies, or read about it in novels. At best, they have electric implants. They help with brain disorders like Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s. But even that’s rare, because of the high cost, and the dangerous risks.
So why is Elon Musk doing this? Furthermore, why is Neuralink investing so much time and money in this? Yes, we can say, “This will help with brain diseases. Maybe this kind of technology will even lead us to a cure.” But that’s best case scenario. What’s the worst? Musk and Nuralink have their way, the worst could happen. Our minds would no longer be our own. Also, our souls will no longer be our own. Therefore, the computer will control our every move 24/7. In fact, we’re so dependent on technology now that it’s getting like that already. So we don’t need chips in our brains to control our every move. You don’t think it can happen? Twenty years ago, did you see Facebook and You Tube other social media happening?