Neuralink's event "Show and Tell" featured a typing monkey.
This conference was conducted by Elon Musk on Wednesday, Nov. 30, so that he could share the latest updates about his advanced brain chip technology.
Now, the billionaire decided to make an event with an unusual opening.
The participants were greeted with a series of letters typed by a monkey.
Neuralink's Event Features Typing Monkey!
According to Interesting Engineering's latest report, Neuralink staff trained their monkey to react to numbers and letters by rewarding the animal.
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They explained that every time the monkey traces a letter or number, it would have a reward.
Thanks to this training, the monkey was able to type the "Welcome to Show and Tell" sentence during the event.
The monkey was able to type the mentioned sentence using its brain, which is translated by a Neuralink implant.
Involved experts said they could connect the monkey's brain to the computer using electrodes.
These electrodes record the neuronal activity, which is then received by the chip in a computer. After that, the signals are mapped, organized, and reproduced.
Elon Musk to Install One-Is Human Trial Next?
CNBC reported that Elon Musk wants to install a Neuralink chip in himself.
"You could have a Neuralink device implanted right now and you wouldn't even know. I mean, hypothetically ... In fact, in one of these demos, I will," said the billionaire.
This just shows his confidence regarding this brain implant technology. As of writing, people are still waiting for the actual human trials of Neuralink.
Since discussions between Neuralink and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are going well, Musk said that he is expecting their first human trials to begin in the next six months.
If you want to learn more details about the upcoming human trials of Neuralink, you can visit Bloomberg's official report.
In other stories, Neuralink's test monkeys died in a lab, but the company clarified that there was no animal abuse.
Despite the company's statements, protesters still asked Elon Musk to stop Neuralink's animal experiments.
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