Elon Musk backs ‘cyborg’ plan to merge humans and machines

It is the stuff of science fiction – an interface between brains and computers, allowing humans to connect directly to machines.

This week, Space X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk backed a company, Neuralink, which aims to investigate such technology.

In the end, such ‘brain computer interfaces’ may see human beings implant devices in their brain – and ‘merge’ with artificial intelligence.

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Neuralink is at the very early stages – and is centered on creating devices which can be implanted in the human brain.

Musk has not made a direct announcement himself, but the company was registered last July – and he plans to fund it himself, sources told the Wall Street Journal.

Musk has hinted at his involvement in the research in the past, telling a crowd in Dubai this year, ‘Over time I think we will probably see a closer merger of biological intelligence and digital intelligence.

‘It’s mostly about the bandwidth, the speed of the connection between your brain and the digital version of yourself, particularly output.’