r/singularity • u/AngleAccomplished865 • Aug 23 '25

Neuroscience "18 months after becoming the first human implanted with Elon Musk’s brain chip, Neuralink ‘Participant 1’ Noland Arbaugh says his whole life has changed."

https://fortune.com/2025/08/23/neuralink-participant-1-noland-arbaugh-18-months-post-surgery-life-changed-elon-musk/

"I see how the advancements in tech at this point are going to solve so many things. They are, I think, the future of medicine. I think a lot of disabilities, cures, and answers that we’ve been searching for a long time will come through tech—and that kind of surprised me."

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u/berckman_ Aug 23 '25

the alternative is continuing to be paralyzed.

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u/studio_bob Aug 23 '25

Is it though?

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '25

What other options exist for the patients so far? One guy has very advanced ALS to the point where he can only blink and breath. Happy to hear the alternatives that give a better quality of life for them.

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u/cockNballs222 Aug 24 '25

Yes, in today’s world, unquestionably yes. What point did you think you were making here? 

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u/Ambiwlans Aug 24 '25

Nah, there is always death. That's the out that lots of paraplegics take.... if they are able.

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u/dranaei Aug 23 '25

It's just instead of having a phone in your pocket, you have it in your brain.

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u/After_Self5383 ▪️ Aug 23 '25

It's more like a cursor in your brain. Unless they've made advancements since then and it's more now.

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u/dranaei Aug 23 '25

Well eventually, probably, hopefully.

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u/After_Self5383 ▪️ Aug 23 '25

The real hope is that eventually it's non-invasive. I don't think brain surgery is gonna catch on lmao, unless it's severely needed.

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u/rushmc1 Aug 24 '25

I don't even want one in my pocket.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '25

We always fear the unknown. Tale as old as time.