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Monkeys, Musk, and Mind Control

8 mins·12:45, 3 Feb 2021
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Monkeys, Musk, and Mind Control

8 mins
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12:45, 3 Feb 2021
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In what sounds like the plot of a 90s sci-fi film, Elon Musk is putting wireless implants in monkeys’ brains and getting them to play videogames. The world’s richest man says this is part of Neuralink - a company formed in 2017 to test brain implants that would allow people to control other digital devices and computer interfaces via nothing but their thoughts.

Presenter: Richard Bradbury, Arvindh Yuvaraj, and Christine Wong

Producer: Arvindh Yuvaraj

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