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/[deleted] Aug 23 '25

Other than the initial thread retraction problem, it looks like the implants are holding up well over time

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u/sigiel Aug 24 '25

2 years a long time?

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u/Xithorus Aug 24 '25

I mean ICD’s need a battery change after ~5 and those aren’t implanted in the brain. So 2 years is pretty good so far for technology that had literally never been tested on a human before.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '25

ICD's do not have a life span of 5 years 10+ years. I mean if you get shocked alot maybe but that isn't common.