The tech mogul projected that within six months, his business, Neuralink, will get official authority to test his device on humans. Others have been testing similar devices for years, but none have had commercial success.
Two monkeys were purportedly controlling computer cursors with their brains in a demonstration of the Neuralink implant, which Elon Musk thinks may one day link the human brain to a computer.
Before YouTube and with equipment that was much more complicated, the accomplishment was first recorded in a human in 2006 while mooring patients to a computer with a cord.
Little was considerably new in Mr. Musk's presentation on Wednesday night compared to earlier shows of the device. He persisted in saying that the implant might allow paralyzed people to use computers outside of a lab setting. But considering the breadth of work being done across the country, experts in the field questioned whether the demonstration showed significant progress with the device.
Daniel Yoshor, a neurosurgeon and neuroscientist at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania who has experience with comparable devices, commented after the presentation, "These are incremental gains." Although the hardware is excellent, it does not significantly improve or restore brain function.
He said that Neuralink's engineering work represents a significant advancement, but the company's outcomes were less significant.
The Food and Drug Administration has not given the business permission to commercialize the device. According to Mr. Musk, the business has already submitted the majority of the necessary papers to the organization in order to obtain approval to implant its device in a person. He anticipated a test on humans in six months, but any move toward human trials would be up to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) following a thorough analysis of the dangers of surgical implantation and the device's safety.
Neuralink had originally booked the event at the end of October, but multibillionaire Elon Musk postponed it during one of the busiest months of his professional life. The recent completion of his on-again, off-again acquisition of Twitter has captured much of his attention and sparked significant debate regarding the administration of the social media firm.
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