I DON’T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW AMBITIOUS NEURALINK ACTUALLY IS THE PEOPLE CONTROLLING COMPUTERS WITH THOUGHT ARE NOT THE END PRODUCT THEY’RE THE FIRST PROOF THAT BIOLOGICAL NEURONS CAN COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH SILICON THE ROADMAP GOES FROM RESTORING MOVEMENT AND COMMUNICATION TO VISION, ROBOTIC LIMBS AND EVENTUALLY MUCH HIGHER-BANDWIDTH BRAIN-MACHINE INTERFACES ELON HAS TALKED ABOUT THE LONG-TERM GOAL AS A CLOSER CONNECTION BETWEEN BIOLOGICAL AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IF THAT EVER WORKS AT SCALE, THE COMPUTER STOPS BEING SOMETHING OUTSIDE THE HUMAN BODY IT BECOMES ANOTHER LAYER OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT IS NOT A NEW GADGET THAT IS POTENTIALLY A NEW KIND OF CIVILIZATION