Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity - Lex Fridman Podcast

In this 2 August 2024 video, host Lex Fridman talks with Elon Musk, CEO of Neuralink, SpaceX, Tesla, xAI and CTO of X. DJ Seo is COO & President of Neuralink. Matthew MacDougall is Head Neurosurgeon at Neuralink. Bliss Chapman is Brain Interface Software Lead at Neuralink. Noland Arbaugh is the first human to have a Neuralink device implanted in his brain.

https://youtu.be/Kbk9BiPhm7o

OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
0:49 – Elon Musk
4:06 – Telepathy
10:45 – Power of human mind
15:12 – Future of Neuralink
20:27 – Ayahuasca
29:57 – Merging with AI
34:44 – xAI
36:57 – Optimus
43:47 – Elon’s approach to problem-solving
1:01:23 – History and geopolitics
1:05:53 – Lessons of history
1:10:12 – Collapse of empires
1:17:55 – Time
1:20:37 – Aliens and curiosity
1:28:12 – DJ Seo
1:36:20 – Neural dust
1:43:03 – History of brain–computer interface
1:51:07 – Biophysics of neural interfaces
2:01:36 – How Neuralink works
2:07:26 – Lex with Neuralink implant
2:27:24 – Digital telepathy
2:38:27 – Retracted threads
2:44:01 – Vertical integration
2:50:55 – Safety
3:00:50 – Upgrades
3:09:53 – Future capabilities
3:39:09 – Matthew MacDougall
3:44:58 – Neuroscience
3:52:07 – Neurosurgery
4:03:11 – Neuralink surgery
4:22:20 – Brain surgery details
4:38:03 – Implanting Neuralink on self
4:53:57 – Life and death
5:03:17 – Consciousness
5:06:11 – Bliss Chapman
5:19:27 – Neural signal
5:26:19 – Latency
5:30:59 – Neuralink app
5:35:40 – Intention vs action
5:46:54 – Calibration
5:56:26 – Webgrid
6:19:28 – Neural decoder
6:40:03 – Future improvements
6:48:59 – Noland Arbaugh
6:49:08 – Becoming paralyzed
7:02:43 – First Neuralink human participant
7:06:45 – Day of surgery
7:24:31 – Moving mouse with brain
7:49:50 – Webgrid
7:57:52 – Retracted threads
8:06:16 – App improvements
8:13:01 – Gaming
8:23:59 – Future Neuralink capabilities
8:26:55 – Controlling Optimus robot
8:31:16 – God
8:33:21 – Hope