Brain chips don’t read your mind. They do something weirder…
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This is Neuralink’s Next Gen R1 surgical robot. It’s one of several new ways scientists are now trying to combine the human brain with a computer, which sounds like science fiction because… it is! But not anymore.
And you need to know about this right now, because human clinical trials are happening and this tech is moving fast.
Some people want to use it to make you superhuman. But I think most people aren’t seeing what’s really huge if true here. This story isn’t about how to make us more like machines
Instead, this might be one of the most cutting edge ways to keep us human.
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Chapters:
00:00 What if you put a chip in your brain?
01:02 What does a human brain feel like?
02:17 How does your brain work?
03:58 Can a brain implant read my thoughts?
05:19 How do you get a chip into your brain?
07:06 What is the Utah Array?
08:07 What’s inside Neuralink’s implant?
10:06 How do you build a brain implant?
11:07 Can a robot do brain surgery?
12:20 What could you do with a brain chip?
13:59 How far are we from sci-fi brain implants?
15:05 How are brain-computer interfaces used today?
16:07 How are brain implants huge if true?
17:40 🙂
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Cleo Abram is an Emmy-nominated independent video journalist. On her show, HUGE* If True, Cleo explores complex technology topics with rigor and optimism, helping her audience understand the world around them and see positive futures they can help build. Before going independent, Cleo was a video producer for Vox. She wrote and directed the Coding and Diamonds episodes of Vox’s Netflix show, Explained. She produced videos for Vox’s popular YouTube channel, was the host and senior producer of Vox’s first ever daily show, Answered, and was co-host and producer of Vox’s YouTube Originals show, Glad You Asked.
Additional Reading and Watching:
For more from Neuralink:
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For more from Ben Rapoport + Precision Neuroscience:
– WIRED, “Neurosurgeon Answers Brain Implant Questions | Tech – Support”:
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For More on Synchron:
– TED, “A Brain Implant That Turns Your Thoughts Into Text | Tom Oxley”: –
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For more on Blackrock Neurotech (Utah Array):
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Other Major BCI players:
– BrainGate:
– Paradromics:
– Forest Neurotech:
“With Brain Computer Interfaces, Science is Working on a Mind Meld with Machines”:
“Brain-computer interfaces: first in-human recording with new, high-capacity device”:
TEDxCambridge, “Rethinking the Brain Machine Interface | Polina Anikeeva”:
“The life-changing power of Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs)”:
BCI Society:
Hopkins Medicine also does a lot of work with BCIs.
You can find them here:
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China recently approved the first BCI for market. For more on that:
– Bloomberg, “China Approves First Brain Implant for Commercial Use”:
– Scientific American, “China Just Approved Its First Brain Implant for Commercial Use, a World First”:
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How many pigs and monkeys has this tech tortured, they cut the eyes out of baby monkeys and implant these devices and connect them to cameras its one of the cruellest things I've ever seen, yes humans might benefit from this but at what cost, id rather be disabled than get tech that helps me but at such a cost to the test animals
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So like … alien tech but much better.
Gotta say, they kinda want to make you want to put a chip in your head already, you know what I mean?
Visionquest
my question is, when are we going to end world hunger? is it after or before flying cars?
Squiky-Smoosh… My brain: Feels like a Virgin.
The mark of the beast the Bible warned about along with that rfid chip that some have in their hand
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Combine the chip with some kind of biologic system and implant into newborns while their skull isnt fully formed. This is the future. We are the borg
from the guy who blew through millions on an election?
no thank you.
You could input knowledge/info but you cannot train phisical activities… they require training and optimizing neural connections repetedly, which should be almost imposible to replicate a full experience of excellence into someones brain, too much variables with so much nuances that it might be imposible, and we are not the same, so it's not a 1 to 1 impostation
I'd want to restore my punctured eardrum's hearing
No thank you
I love this. "a future were machines help keep us human". Now if we could also do this to some animals so they could talk to us. If my Beta Fish could talk that would be awesome.
OK, you know what? I am heading back into the trees. Have fun with your brain implants.
Isnt this how the matrix bagan?
Can I ask a question why black hole can eat everything but not himself💀
The fact that this is made by World's Richest Man who happens to be living in aMErIcA is my biggest concern in this particular scenario.
If this goes on aMeRIca will liberate you in your dreams as well.
If I was optimistic, I'd be all in on remotely controlling stuff, but not anything that can be fully analog. AR being projected on the retina directly would also be wild, but that's even harder to be optimistic about. I'd much rather reproduce the potential uses with things that can be removed easily.
But that's me. Anyone who needs something like this to get their life back? I don't even need to be optimistic – that part is just beautiful.
I only hope they will develop ways to break the connection immediately and harmlessly. Because humans will inevitably hurt each other with this sort of thing.
If we insert it into parts which we use we gonna forget or we are not gonna be able to use them corectly this is why they are doing brain chips for people who c ant use their hands or whatever so we will get brainchips for normal people in a long time
I would love to explore more and more knowledge I love to explore deep philosophy of the human evolution
Why can't we meditate and achieve this level of brain hacking
This video provides a fantastic, balanced look at the world of brain-computer interfaces.It’s refreshing to see the technology framed not as a way to create 'superhumans,' but as a vital, life-changing tool for restoring autonomy and voice to those facing conditions like ALS or paralysis. The explanation of how these devices act as 'neural lip readers' rather than mind-readers was incredibly insightful. Cleo’s optimism makes the complex science feel both accessible and deeply important. Also, what a great way to help people.I'm sure any fish would be impressed by such advanced neuro-tech. Thanks for the deep dive into this fascinating and human-centric future. ❤
Cyberpunk before GTA6
Full dive gaming pleasee
Now you can absolutely loose your mind.
When can i get quickhacks installed on my neuro link?
Brain chip is the end of humanity; once installed we loose the ability to manifest our own realities, and become nodes in a larger machine!
Once this tech is out, humanity will be divided into haves and nots, people that have the chip will be super human, the ones that destain, become weaker and lose their place in society. Eventually having to get the chip to participate in society.
It always starts out promising to help XyZ but once the techs developed its uses are wider.
Most issues will be solved with gene editing and therapy, making this tech pointless, unless your main goal is to open up bandwidth to computer systems, as our two thumb systems is a bottle neck currently!
Every day I'm reminded that cyberpunk 😂is realistic future
I’m 60 – It will be interesting wheee this technology is in 15 years when I’m 75 and will it be able to improve real population diseases such as dementia and Parkinson’s
Please explain why the pacific ocean and atlantic ocean don't mix . and why it is impossible to create a similar setup in a lab to visualise the theory
Only test it on musk's kids😊
The practical control question interests me: who decides how the neural data can be reused, and what long-term support should a user be able to rely on?
Reading the Intent and Reading the Thoughts – How are they different?
Change of words to make us feel comfortable?