In 2016, Neuralink was founded by Elon Musk with the aim of helping those suffering from paralysis and neurological disorders, and to reduce the risks of artificial intelligence to humans in the long run. The company's mission is to develop the best brain-computer interfaces for various brain-related diseases, and ultimately help humans, including healthy people, and AI to develop together.
On January 28 this year, the company's "neural connection", which focuses on the research and development of implantable brain-computer interface devices, completed the company's first human transplant of brain-computer interface devices. According to Musk, the company's first brain-computer interface product is called "telepathy", and people implanted in the product can control mobile phones, computers, and other devices through them, such as clicking the left and right buttons, holding down the mouse and dragging boxes on the screen.
Musk has high hopes for the Neuralink project, hoping that through this method, diseases such as obesity, autism, depression, and psychosis will be addressed.
In 2023, Neuralink's valuation has reached about $5 billion.
However, there are the following controversies and risks:
1. Potential risks such as privacy, identity theft, password cracking, and extortion.
2. There is a third party that may manipulate the autonomy of choice of these people.
3. These device components are not easy to replace and remove after being implanted in the human head.
4. At present, there is no clear ethics and legal and regulatory guidelines, which cannot ensure the safety of patients' lives and related risk control.
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