Noland Arbaugh (First Neuralink Patient) Q&A Video

I think the idea of implanting proprietary software in someone's brain is terrible, but this is really heartwarming and very worth watching the whole way through:

I think I lost it at his monkey-banana-smoothie joke. (Background: when they are training monkeys, banana smoothie can sometimes be used as a reward.)

Isn’t that like almost all of medical devices though? Including ones that have critical life sustaining functions.

It's really all software.

It's just that in this case the interface is within the skull as opposed to transmission through the optical nerve. :P

Well... yes. What's your point?

This is the patient's personal twitter account.

The 56 min video is a presentation given to Neuralink staff by him and his team.

The level of control he had within the first 24 hours after surgery is amazing.

Never doubt Elon