Elon Musk may announce human trials at the Neuralink demo. Here’s why that’s awesome

I’m reticent to use the phrase “iPhone moment for brain surgery” in the first sentence here, but Elon Musk and the team at Neuralink are set to demonstrate the progress made by the company over the past year this Friday and I’m excited. First, it’s been rumored the company will announce human trials are set to begin this year at the event and that’s a pretty big deal. I’ll get to why in a moment. And second: Musk’s confirmed the event will feature a live demonstration of neurons firing. This is what I’m referring to when I talk about an…

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