It is no secret to anyone that Elon Musk He is going through one of the most complicated moments in his public career under the urgency of maintaining his reputation, public image and fortune.
Everything after the turbulent first month that he has lived at the command of Twitter where erratic changes in behavior and decision making accumulate.
At the same time that we have seen that it has brought back controversial characters who are very willing to invest in advertising within the social network, such as Donald Trump. Or the hordes of old accounts specializing in promoting and spreading fake news.
It is under such a scenario that we have Musk do strange things and make statements that sound brave but don’t really make much sense or are commercially feasible.
Like that threat or challenge that he would launch his own standalone smartphone if Apple closed the doors to Twitter in the App Store.
And now it seems that it is repeating that pattern of behavior in other areas and other projects. Since now it has been the turn of Neuralink.
Elon Musk intends to implant chips in humans within six months with Neuralink
At the time we detailed in depth the original ambitions of Elon Musk with his project of Neuralinkwhere even at the beginning of this year the tycoon had already spoken of his intention to start with the first human tests this 2022:
“We hope to have this in our first humans, which will be people with severe spinal cord injuries, such as quadriplegics, next year (2022). We are awaiting approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Neuralink’s standards for implanting the device are substantially higher than what the FDA requires.”
As we can see if we pay attention to the calendar, that no longer happened. However, as reported by the news agency ReutersMusk would have a new date in mind and it would be very close.
And it is that the company has formally announced, again, its intention to start clinical trials in humans this year 2023 if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) grants the necessary permits.
At the same time that Neuralink has presented and disseminated the necessary documentation for the process, Elon Musk used his Twitter account to address the issue:
We are now confident that the Neuralink device is ready for humans, so timing is a function of working through the FDA approval process
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 1, 2022
“We want to be extremely careful and make sure that it will work well before we put a device in a human.”
It is Elon Musk’s statement, where he validates the FDA’s processes but reaffirms his intention to start the first tests in six months.