Neuralink de Elon Musk ha tenido un gran avance en la tecnología de control mental, que es brillante o aterrador, según su punto de vista. La compañía de neurotecnología ha publicado un video en su blog de un mono jugando al videojuego 'Pong', usando solo su mente para controlar el juego a través de un implante Neuralink en su cerebro.
Para empezar, el mono, llamado Pager, recibió un joystick y jugó un juego en el que movía fichas por la pantalla usando el joystick (bastante impresionante por sí solo si nos preguntas). Neuralink pudo hacer coincidir las señales cerebrales del mono con su movimiento y comenzó a anticipar qué movimientos haría el Pager a continuación, y finalmente quitó el joystick por completo.
Esta no es la primera vez que Neuralink prueba esta tecnología. El año pasado, Musk demostró su uso con la ayuda de un voluntario porcino, pero esta nueva demostración va un paso más allá y nos da una idea de lo que la compañía espera poder lograr en términos de implantes humanos.
Como se describe en su blog, el objetivo final de Neuralink es permitir que `` las personas con parálisis utilicen directamente su actividad neuronal para operar computadoras y dispositivos móviles con velocidad y facilidad ''. Si tiene éxito, esto podría cambiar las reglas del juego para la tecnología médica.
¿Es esto un gran avance para la ciencia o una prueba más de que Musk está construyendo un ejército de monos de alta tecnología? Sólo el tiempo dirá.
Elon Musk's Neuralink has had a breakthrough in mind-control technology, which is either brilliant or terrifying, depending on your point of view. The neurotechnology company has released video footage on their blog of a monkey playing the videogame 'Pong', using only its mind to control the game via a Neuralink implant in its brain.
To start, the monkey, named Pager, was given a joystick and played a game where it moved tokens around the screen using the joystick (pretty impressive on its own if you ask us). Neuralink was able to match the monkey's brain signals to its movement and began anticipating which moves Pager would make next, eventually removing the joystick altogether.
This isn’t the first time Neuralink has trialed this technology. Last year, Musk demonstrated its use with the help of a pig volunteer, but this new demonstration goes one step further and gives us a glimpse of what the company hopes to be able to achieve in terms of human implants.
As outlined on its blog, Neuralink's ultimate aim is to allow ‘people with paralysis to directly use their neural activity to operate computers and mobile devices with speed and ease.’ If successful, this could potentially be a game-changer for medical technology.
Is this a breakthrough for science, or further proof that Musk is building a hi-tech monkey army? Only time will tell.
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