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#438 – Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity
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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.
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() – Introduction
() – Elon Musk
() – Telepathy
() – Power of human mind
() – Future of Neuralink
() – Ayahuasca
() – Merging with AI
() – xAI
() – Optimus
() – Elon’s approach to problem-solving
() – History and geopolitics
() – Lessons of history
() – Collapse of empires
() – Time
() – Aliens and curiosity
() – DJ Seo
() – Neural dust
() – History of brain–computer interface
() – Biophysics of neural interfaces
() – How Neuralink works
() – Lex with Neuralink implant
() – Digital telepathy
() – Retracted threads
() – Vertical integration
() – Safety
() – Upgrades
() – Future capabilities
() – Matthew MacDougall
() – Neuroscience
() – Neurosurgery
() – Neuralink surgery
() – Brain surgery details
() – Implanting Neuralink on self
() – Life and death
() – Consciousness
() – Bliss Chapman
() – Neural signal
() – Latency
() – Neuralink app
() – Intention vs action
() – Calibration
() – Webgrid
() – Neural decoder
() – Future improvements
() – Noland Arbaugh
() – Becoming paralyzed
() – First Neuralink human participant
() – Day of surgery
() – Moving mouse with brain
() – Webgrid
() – Retracted threads
() – App improvements
() – Gaming
() – Future Neuralink capabilities
() – Controlling Optimus robot
() – God
() – Hope
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