Neuralink, Elon Musk’s company, is in the phase of seeking volunteers to receive brain implants. And as one of his main bets, the billionaire wants combine their results with those of Tesla’s Optimus robot.
For Elon Musk, this will make it a reality “The Luke Skywalker Solution” referring to the popular character from the Star Wars saga, played by Mark Hamill.
The first human patient will soon receive a Neuralink device. This ultimately has the potential to restore full body movement.
In the long term, Neuralink hopes to play a role in AI risk civilizational risk reduction by improving human to AI (and human to human) bandwidth by… https://t.co/DzqoYI27Ng
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 20, 2023
What does the tycoon mean when he talks about “the Luke Skywalker solution?” To a robotic hand controlled by brain waves.
We must remember that, in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Skywalker fought a saber duel with Darth Vader, losing his right hand.
Later, to the hero A robotic hand was implanted.
Elon Musk spoke about this on his social network X, formerly Twitter: “The first human patient will soon receive a Neuralink device. Ultimately, this “It has the potential to restore movement to the entire body.”
“When a Neuralink is combined with the limbs of the Optimus robot, “Luke Skywalker’s solution may become real,” he concluded.
Neuralink aims insert brain implants into people with paralysis to try to read and transmit the waves of the test subjects. These waves, through an application, will be decoded to be able to carry out activities.
The company seeks candidates to perform experiments.
“Those who have quadriplegia due to a cervical spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) may qualify,” he noted in a statement issued this week.
According to Elon Musk, “in the long term, Neuralink hopes to play a role in reducing the civilizational risk of Artificial Intelligence, improving human-to-AI (and human-to-human) bandwidth by several orders of magnitude.”
“Go figure “If Stephen Hawking had had this,” he added, referring to the legendary English physicist who suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis from the age of 21 until his death at 76.