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Neuralink's monkey can play Pong with its mind. Imagine what humans could do with the same technology

  • Written by David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
Neuralink's monkey can play Pong with its mind. Imagine what humans could do with the same technologyScreenshot/Youtube

Some weeks ago, a nine-year-old macaque monkey called Pager successfully played a game of Pong with its mind.

While it may sound like science fiction, the demonstration by Elon Musk’s neurotechnology company Neuralink is an example of a brain-machine interface in action (and has been done before).

A coin-sized disc called a...

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