Inching closer to the mark of the beast in the forehead :wacko: Elon Musk claims Neuralink technology that will connect the human brain with computers is 'coming soon' Dailymail.com April 22, 2019 Elon Musk believes humans must link up with machines in order to fight the inevitable onslaught of artificial intelligence. In a recent tweet, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO said technology from his latest company, Neuralink, will be 'coming soon.' Musk has yet to offer up any more details on when or how the tech will come to fruition. Neuralink has previously teased a product that would effectively connect human brains to computers using a tiny implanted chip. In November last year, Musk told Axios that the technology would involve an 'electrode to neutron interface at a micro level.' More specifically, it would be 'a chip and a bunch of tiny wires' that's implanted surgically into your skull. 'The long term aspiration with Neuralink would be to achieve a symbiosis with artificial intelligence and to achieve a sort of democratization of intelligence, such that it is not monopolistically held in a purely digital form by governments and large corporations,' he said in the interview with Axios. 'I believe this can be done...It's probably on the order of a decade.' Musk believes that humans will have to explore the cyborg-like technology as artificial intelligence continues to advance and become integrated into the products we use. 'Essentially, how do we ensure that the future constitutes the sum of the will of humanity?' Musk told Axios. If we have millions of people with a high bandwidth link to the AI extension of themselves it would make everyone hyper smart.' He likened AI to 'digital intelligence' that could spiral out of control if we don't pay attention. 'As the algorithms and the hardware improve, that digital intelligence will exceed biological intelligence by a substantial margin,' Musk told Axios. '...We're like children in a playground...We're not paying attention.' Ultimately, the development of implanted chips could be what stands in the way of the human race becoming an endangered species, Musk said. '...When a species of primate, homo sapiens, became much smarter than other primates, it pushed all the other ones into a very small habitat,' he added. 'So there are very few mountain gorillas and orangutans and chimpanzees - monkeys in general. 'Even the jungles that they're in are narrowly defined so they were sort of like big cages. 'So, you know, that's one possible outcome for us,' Musk said. Musk has long been a critic of artificial intelligence, warning that should it fall into the wrong hands or become too smart, it could wreak havoc on the world. He launched San Francisco-based Neuralink in 2016 to develop implantable brain-computer interfaces that could upload and download thoughts. Musk has envisioned other applications for the technology, in fields including medicine. One specific use would be reducing memory loss or curing spinal cord injuries, by implanting electrodes into the motor cortex of the brain, Musk said. This would 'bypass the severed section of the spine and have effectively local micro controllers near the muscle groups,' he added. 'It could restore full limb functionality,' Musk told Axios. ———————— August 2014 - 'We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes.' October 2014 - 'I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. If I were to guess like what our biggest existential threat is, it’s probably that. So we need to be very careful with the artificial intelligence.' October 2014 - 'With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon.' June 2016 - 'The benign situation with ultra-intelligent AI is that we would be so far below in intelligence we'd be like a pet, or a house cat.' July 2017 - 'I think AI is something that is risky at the civilisation level, not merely at the individual risk level, and that's why it really demands a lot of safety research.' July 2017 - 'I have exposure to the very most cutting-edge AI and I think people should be really concerned about it.' July 2017 - 'I keep sounding the alarm bell but until people see robots going down the street killing people, they don’t know how to react because it seems so ethereal.' August 2017 - 'If you're not concerned about AI safety, you should be. Vastly more risk than North Korea.' November 2017 - 'Maybe there's a five to 10 percent chance of success [of making AI safe].' March 2018 - 'AI is much more dangerous than nukes. So why do we have no regulatory oversight?' April 2018 - '[AI is] a very important subject. It's going to affect our lives in ways we can't even imagine right now.' April 2018 - '[We could create] an immortal dictator from which we would never escape.' -Fair use for information and discussion purposes- ‘The long term aspiration with Neuralink would be to achieve a symbiosis with artificial intelligence and to achieve a sort of democratization of intelligence, such that it is not monopolistically held in a purely digital form by governments and large corporations,’ he said in the interview with Axios." Sort of like the way the long-term goal of global socialism is to have a new world order where everybody is equal and happy? They try to make it sound benign, and that is utterly contrary to the history of the human race. "Democratization of intelligence" suggests making everyone will be at the same level, but that does not address the issue of morality. It may sound great on paper; however, the consequences would be a nightmare. How about the people who would say, "No thank you"? Think there's any chance these cyborgs would be tolerant of them? Yep! Don’t you just love how he contradicts himself since his company is leading the way ... he just wants in on the action of royalties and will sugar coat the chip to help improve quality of living ... like its the next best thing to Wonder bread. However, his dire warning of “the dangers in enemy hands” far outweigh any good .... so to me he is already saying “don’t blame me though ... when things go south.” Reminds me of the creepiness of Joel's army. How they move simultaneously w/o disturbing each other and climb walls, the destruction they cause and can't die. “don’t blame me though … when things go south.” Let me see.....hmmmm, Tesla car that explodes while parked in a garage. SpaceX rocket booster crash. What's next? Human brain explodes when AI chip malfunctions. (Exploding human brain?) ... no worries ... the elite have it covered B-) .... Believe it or not they are working on human head transplants. :negative: Two surgeons in China developing a method to transplant a human head CNBC.com Roni Jacobson Italian scientist Sergio Canavero and Chinese surgeon Xiaoping Ren are developing a plan to transplant a human head — right down to neck bolts and electricity. Their focus is to help patients with spinal cord injuries and paralysis. The surgeons have already performed the procedure on mice, rats and a dog, all of which survived the surgery and even regained some motor function. Although the scientific and medical advancements necessary for human head transplantation are rapidly approaching plausibility, major ethical and moral hurdles remain. Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero wants to carry out the first human head transplant operation and believes it could help people who have been paralyzed from the neck down to walk again. -Fair use for information and discussion purposes- Stop the world and let me off! Better yet, let's get Raptured and get our simple little brains outta here! If man can dream it, he can achieve it. As technologies continue to push unseemly boundries this also speaks to the nearness of our escape! God shall certainly again intervene and may again confound our language?! But the Lord is well aware of how little time mankind truly has! TR
By James Pedro & Annie Palmer
A timeline of Elon Musk’s comments on AI
MAY 15 2018 • 8:53 AM
