Subjects / Neuralink
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“Our second product is called Blindsight and it will, as the name suggests, enable even those who are completely blind or have never seen to see. It is ready from an engineering standpoint. Just waiting on regulatory approval.”
— Elon Musk, 30 October 2026 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“Neuralink will solve that with finesse at some point. Have you considered any of the existing devices? They are a little brutish, but my understanding that they can be effective for some types of epilepsy.”
— Elon Musk, 30 October 2026 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“Neuralink has solved through-dura electrode implantation! This is a very big deal, as it greatly improves the safety and ease of interfacing with the brain.”
— Elon Musk, 30 June 2026 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“Maybe first attempt at this for Neuralink later this year”
— Elon Musk, 24 June 2026 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“Congrats to the @Neuralink team for helping many people who have lost use of their body with our Telepathy implant that enables computer use simply by thinking! The next generation Neuralink cybernetic augment with 3X capability will be ready later this year. Pending regulatory approval, we are also ready to do our first Blindsight augment that will enable those who have even complete loss of vision to see in low resolution at first, leading to high resolution over time.”
— Elon Musk, 28 January 2026 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“I think it will be possible to restore a whole body functionality if you have a neural link in the motor cortex…”
— Elon Musk, 17 October 2024 · Watch: America PAC Town Hall — Folsom, PA (2024) · 35:39 ↗ · In the archive
“The Blindsight device from Neuralink will enable even those who have lost both eyes and their optic nerve to see. Provided the visual cortex is intact, it will even enable those who have been blind from birth to see for the first time.”
— Elon Musk, 17 September 2024 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“Noland and I discussed a possible second Neuralink (next gen version) that would allow his other brain hemisphere to interact telepathically with his computer. This would be like having two-handed control ability, the equivalent of mouse and keyboard.”
— Elon Musk, 20 June 2024 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“The first human received an implant from @Neuralink yesterday and is recovering well. Initial results show promising neuron spike detection.”
— Elon Musk, 29 January 2024 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“The first @Neuralink product is called Telepathy”
— Elon Musk, 29 January 2024 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“This is not much consolation, but Neuralink is working on a vision chip, which will be ready in a few years. That is the next area after enabling phone/computer telepathy for those who have lost their mind-body connection. We waiting for regulatory approval for our first human.”
— Elon Musk, 7 November 2023 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“Neuralink was created as a possible long-term solution to human+AI symbiosis.”
— Elon Musk, 24 March 2023 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“Compared to AI, progress with Neuralink will be slow and easy to assess, as there is large regulatory apparatus approving medical devices. There is no regulatory oversight of AI, which is a *major* problem. I’ve been calling for AI safety regulation for over a decade!”
— Elon Musk, 1 December 2022 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“Yeah, sold my houses, except for 1 in Bay Area that’s rented out for events. Working on sustainable energy for Earth with Tesla & protecting future of consciousness by making life multiplanetary with SpaceX. Also, AI risk mitigation with Neuralink & fixing traffic with Boring.”
— Elon Musk, 9 June 2021 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“If you’ve worked on advanced wearables, phones or robots, those skills are needed @neuralink”
— Elon Musk, 31 January 2021 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“…neuralink stems from a concern I had where I was trying to figure out, even in a benign AI scenario, how do we at least go along for the ride.”
— Elon Musk, 31 January 2021 · Watch: Clubhouse conversation (The Good Time Show) (2021) · 23:22 ↗ · In the archive
“…with a direct neural interface, we can improve the bandwidth between your cortex and your digital tertiary layer by many orders of magnitude.”
— Elon Musk, 31 January 2021 · Watch: Clubhouse conversation (The Good Time Show) (2021) · 26:26 ↗ · In the archive
“It’s kind of like a Fitbit in your skull with tiny wires… It actually fits quite nicely in your skull. It could be under your hair and you wouldn’t know.”
— Elon Musk, 28 August 2020 · Watch: Neuralink Launch Event ↗ · In the archive
“…save and replay memories… …this is obviously sounding increasingly like a Black Mirror episode, but well, I guess they’re pretty good at predicting.”
— Elon Musk, 28 August 2020 · Watch: Neuralink Launch Event ↗ · In the archive
“We better hustle with Neuralink. Not moving fast enough.”
— Elon Musk, 18 July 2020 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“…achieving some kind of AI symbiosis where you have an AI extension of yourself, like a tertiary layer above the limbic system and cortex.”
— Elon Musk, 16 July 2019 · Watch: Neuralink Launch Event · 1:08:43 ↗ · In the archive
“…the purpose of neuralink is to create a high bandwidth interface to the brain such that we can be symbiotic with AI…”
— Elon Musk, 7 September 2018 · Watch: Joe Rogan Experience #1169 - Elon Musk · 24:46 ↗ · In the archive
“It was misinterpreted by Rolfe at WSJ as a fundraising effort. Neuralink is not seeking investors.”
— Elon Musk, 25 August 2017 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive