Perhaps the most tricky organs to operate on, ordinary brain surgeries are still considered extraordinary risks, so neither side can afford to step carelessly in this arena. Drawing the ire of animal rights activists is its own excruciating migraine. Still, the stakes are much higher when operating on humans, even when would-be participants sign away their medical protections to join trials like these.
Musk’s eventual plans for Neuralink extend beyond pure health. In addition to stamping out disease, improving cognitive function, and increasing general quality of life, he’s hopeful the technology will eventually evolve to allow us to control devices by thought and even upload our memories to the cloud, a future scenario several sci-fi creatives have already dreamed up, for better or worse.
It would be an endearing gift to humanity, to say the least, but one that most can certainly agree shouldn’t be rushed out of the lab. For Neuralink to approach any such institution, it must be confident that it’ll eventually be able to carry out these trials on human subjects safely.
Despite the hurdles, Musk raised a six-month window for trial approvals back in December 2022. Hence, the timing of today’s news surely piques curiosity about the project’s rapid movement of late. One major misstep could perpetually harm the technology’s future potential, so we’ll wait with bated breath to see just how serious Neuralink is about getting the basics right.
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