Published 17:59 IST, February 1st 2021

Elon Musk claims he has 'a monkey with brain implant to play video games'

speaking on Clubhouse, an audio-based social app founded in March 2020, Elon Musk discussed space travel, colonies on Mars, crypto, AI, videogames and COVID-19.

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Tesla Inc.’s CEO Elon Musk on January 31 claimed that one of his every startup had wired monkeys’ brains to play videos with ir minds in a Brain-computer interface experiment, while speaking on Clubhouse, an audio-based social app founded in March 2020, where users host informal interaction. Musk, in his vocal debut on invite-only and iOS-only Silicon Valley’s startup app, discussed various topics ranging from travel, colonies on Mars, crypto, AI, and coronavirus vaccines. chief executive officer for X, who spoke about Neuralink Corp., brought CEO of Robinhood, Vlad Tenev onboard to interview him about Wall Street Bets debacle. 

In Clubhouse room with more than 5,000 participants, Musk held a live discussion about Tesla and Neuralinks, emphasizing that his firms have best AI teams and y will be shortly releasing concept of monkeys playing videos with ir minds with tiny wires going inside ir brains that simulate action using neuro sensory nerves. Calling it a ‘primitive’ Neuralink idea, Musk said that eventually one morning humanity would wake up to a mind t same and an individual could decide wher y would want to be a “robot or a person.” In chatroom, Tesla’s CEO said that he believes people were already ‘cyborg’, and have a ‘tertiary layer in form of smartphones.’ He stressed enhancing human brain and techlogically revolutionizing mind with AI, stressing that brain required a direct neural interface to increase magnitude of ‘processing’.

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Musk discusses aliens, video games, memes

In live-streamed session w available on YouTube and Twitter,  Musk ted possibility of human civilization colonizing Mars, saying that it’s a feat likely to be ‘hard’ for early pioneers, but is ultimately about “keeping candle of civilization alive in dark”. Furrmore, X CEO stressed existence of alien civilization, saying that re was a thing like Alien techlogy, at least at a “7/11” level, joking that “500 Megapixel camera” or “at least iPhone 6 level” was evidence of same. Meanwhile, in ar witty remark, Musk said: “I love memes, y can be very insightful. He who controls memes controls universe and it’s about what influences zeitgeist.” Speaking about children’s interests in video games and tools, Musk stressed that “ why” was an important question to ask. When asked ‘Why are re t more Elon Musks?’ Tesla maker said:  “If you need encouraging words, don’t do a startup”.

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18:01 IST, February 1st 2021