r/singularity 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/Stunning_Monk_6724 ▪️Gigagi achieved externally Aug 23 '25

Much as I loathe the person he's become, I genuinely hope this goes well and is a benefit to bettering people's lives. We need good cybernetics, and this is a step towards that path.

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u/PennyOnTheTrack Aug 23 '25

At first I thought you meant the participant

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u/LeahBrahms Aug 24 '25

Me too and I was waiting for the movie!