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#438 – Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity
Episode 438 · August 2, 2024
#438 – Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity
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View all episodes Summary <p>Elon Musk is CEO of Neuralink, SpaceX, Tesla, xAI, and CTO of X. DJ Seo is COO & President of Neuralink. Matthew MacDougall is Head Neurosurgeon at Neuralink. Bliss Chapman is Brain Interface Software Lead at Neuralink. Noland Arbaugh is the first human to have a Neuralink device implanted in his brain.</p>
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Neuralink’s X: <a href="https://x.com/neuralink">https://x.com/neuralink</a><br />
Neuralink’s Website: <a href="https://neuralink.com/">https://neuralink.com/</a><br />
Elon’s X: <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk">https://x.com/elonmusk</a><br />
DJ’s X: <a href="https://x.com/djseo_">https://x.com/djseo_</a><br />
Matthew’s X: <a href="https://x.com/matthewmacdoug4">https://x.com/matthewmacdoug4</a><br />
Bliss’s X: <a href="https://x.com/chapman_bliss">https://x.com/chapman_bliss</a><br />
Noland’s X: <a href="https://x.com/ModdedQuad">https://x.com/ModdedQuad</a><br />
xAI: <a href="https://x.com/xai">https://x.com/xai</a><br />
Tesla: <a href="https://x.com/tesla">https://x.com/tesla</a><br />
Tesla Optimus: <a href="https://x.com/tesla_optimus">https://x.com/tesla_optimus</a><br />
Tesla AI: <a href="https://x.com/Tesla_AI">https://x.com/Tesla_AI</a></p>
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Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.<br />
(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(09:26) – Elon Musk<br />
(12:42) – Telepathy<br />
(19:22) – Power of human mind<br />
(23:49) – Future of Neuralink<br />
(29:04) – Ayahuasca<br />
(38:33) – Merging with AI<br />
(43:21) – xAI<br />
(45:34) – Optimus<br />
(52:24) – Elon’s approach to problem-solving<br />
(1:09:59) – History and geopolitics<br />
(1:14:30) – Lessons of history<br />
(1:18:49) – Collapse of empires<br />
(1:26:32) – Time<br />
(1:29:14) – Aliens and curiosity<br />
(1:36:48) – DJ Seo<br />
(1:44:57) – Neural dust<br />
(1:51:40) – History of brain–computer interface<br />
(1:59:44) – Biophysics of neural interfaces<br />
(2:10:12) – How Neuralink works<br />
(2:16:03) – Lex with Neuralink implant<br />
(2:36:01) – Digital telepathy<br />
(2:47:03) – Retracted threads<br />
(2:52:38) – Vertical integration<br />
(2:59:32) – Safety<br />
(3:09:27) – Upgrades<br />
(3:18:30) – Future capabilities<br />
(3:47:46) – Matthew MacDougall<br />
(3:53:35) – Neuroscience<br />
(4:00:44) – Neurosurgery<br />
(4:11:48) – Neuralink surgery<br />
(4:30:57) – Brain surgery details<br />
(4:46:40) – Implanting Neuralink on self<br />
(5:02:34) – Life and death<br />
(5:11:54) – Consciousness<br />
(5:14:48) – Bliss Chapman<br />
(5:28:04) – Neural signal<br />
(5:34:56) – Latency<br />
(5:39:36) – Neuralink app<br />
(5:44:17) – Intention vs action<br />
(5:55:31) – Calibration<br />
(6:05:03) – Webgrid<br />
(6:28:05) – Neural decoder<br />
(6:48:40) – Future improvements<br />
(6:57:36) – Noland Arbaugh<br />
(6:57:45) – Becoming paralyzed<br />
(7:11:20) – First Neuralink human participant<br />
(7:15:21) – Day of surgery<br />
(7:33:08) – Moving mouse with brain<br />
(7:58:27) – Webgrid<br />
(8:06:28) – Retracted threads<br />
(8:14:53) – App improvements<br />
(8:21:38) – Gaming<br />
(8:32:36) – Future Neuralink capabilities<br />
(8:35:31) – Controlling Optimus robot<br />
(8:39:53) – God<br />
(8:41:58) – Hope</p>
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