On the morning of January 30, Beijing time, Musk announced on X that yesterday, humans received a brain-computer interface (Neuralink) chip implant for the first time and are currently recovering well. Preliminary results show promise for neuronal spike detection. This sparked heated debate.
Musk X screenshot
In response to the controversy, Musk forwarded a post by a conservative commentator saying "Neuralink is the only way forward for mankind, we don't want to be at the mercy of machine intelligence" and said "yes".
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Screenshot of Musk X’s comment area
In this regard, Internet users said that realizing brain-computer interface is an important part of preventing human beings from being controlled by machines.