#438 Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity

Published: Aug. 2, 2024, 7:19 p.m.

Elon Musk is 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.
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\nOUTLINE:
\nHere's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
\n(00:00) - Introduction
\n(09:26) - Elon Musk
\n(12:42) - Telepathy
\n(19:22) - Power of human mind
\n(23:49) - Future of Neuralink
\n(29:04) - Ayahuasca
\n(38:33) - Merging with AI
\n(43:21) - xAI
\n(45:34) - Optimus
\n(52:24) - Elon's approach to problem-solving
\n(1:09:59) - History and geopolitics
\n(1:14:30) - Lessons of history
\n(1:18:49) - Collapse of empires
\n(1:26:32) - Time
\n(1:29:14) - Aliens and curiosity
\n(1:36:48) - DJ Seo
\n(1:44:57) - Neural dust
\n(1:51:40) - History of brain\u2013computer interface
\n(1:59:44) - Biophysics of neural interfaces
\n(2:10:12) - How Neuralink works
\n(2:16:03) - Lex with Neuralink implant
\n(2:36:01) - Digital telepathy
\n(2:47:03) - Retracted threads
\n(2:52:38) - Vertical integration
\n(2:59:32) - Safety
\n(3:09:27) - Upgrades
\n(3:18:30) - Future capabilities
\n(3:47:46) - Matthew MacDougall
\n(3:53:35) - Neuroscience
\n(4:00:44) - Neurosurgery
\n(4:11:48) - Neuralink surgery
\n(4:30:57) - Brain surgery details
\n(4:46:40) - Implanting Neuralink on self
\n(5:02:34) - Life and death
\n(5:11:54) - Consciousness
\n(5:14:48) - Bliss Chapman
\n(5:28:04) - Neural signal
\n(5:34:56) - Latency