Elon Musk’s Neuralink wants to boost the brain to keep up with AI

Re:Elon Musk’s Neuralink wants to boost the brain to keep up... by Animats on Monday March 27, 2017 @10:42PM (#13973620)

That guy needs to finish his itasks for 2017 first.

- Tesla Model 3 production line (First deliveries late 2017. He said he was going to live at the factory to get the cars out the door.)

- Brownsville TX launch facility (first launch scheduled for 2018, not much construction started yet)

- Manned Dragon spacecraft (as of 2015, first crewed launch scheduled for late 2017)

- Falcon Heavy (as of Q3 2016, supposed to launch Q1 2017. Now Q3 2017. Maybe.)

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Re:Elon Musk’s Neuralink wants to boost the brain to keep up... by Joeri on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @02:25AM (#13974541)

Musk never delivers on time. I think he sets unrealistic deadlines deliberately to scare off competitors and motivate his staff. Yet he still does things so radical that they spawn or renew entire industries, so does it really matter whether things are delayed by a year or two?

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Re:Elon Musk’s Neuralink wants to boost the brain to keep up... by baq on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @03:53AM (#13974858)

exactly. he accelerated development of affordable electric cars by a decade. he basically rebuilt the space launch market. he's got the energy storage and production market in his sights. also don't forget he cocreated the internet payments market.

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Re:Elon Musk’s Neuralink wants to boost the brain to keep up... by littledouglas on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @06:49AM (#13975502)

You should read Edison's biography. You'd understand Musk much more.

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Re:Elon Musk’s Neuralink wants to boost the brain to keep up... by neshibble on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @09:42AM (#13976460)

Now that you've made this comparison, I can never unsee it. They're extremely similar! This makes me wonder whose going to be Musk's Tesla. I.e., what's the first amazing idea he's going to throw away (out of mainly hubris) that actually solves his problems.

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Re:Elon Musk’s Neuralink wants to boost the brain to keep up... by Animats on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @03:39PM (#13979931)

Edison didn't try to run the businesses he spun off. He licensed patents and collected royalties, and had equity in the manufacturing businesses. But he didn't try to run General Electric.

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Re:Elon Musk’s Neuralink wants to boost the brain to keep up... by bencollier49 on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @11:35AM (#13977476)

Which one?

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