Neura Pod (All Things Neuralink)

0:00 Intro

00:14 Outline

01:10 FDA Breakthrough Device Designation: Blindsight

3:51 Elon's Statements

6:27 Breakthrough Academic Work

7:07 P1: First Human w/ Neuralink - Noland

10:20 P2: Second Human w/ Neuralink - Alex

11:45 "The Apple Problem"

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After getting FDA approval last year, Neuralink has successfully completed their first in-human implantation.

Ryan shares the latest news and updates in this information packed episode.

Elon gave an update a couple days ago on an X Space. Oddly enough, Vladimir Putin heard about this first implantation and commented on it. There's been a lot of discussion regarding the latest VR/ AR tech product- the Apple Vision Pro. Ryan compares this functionality to a Neuralink. Ryan then goes into more investigative detail to learn about Neuralink's testing procedures. Following a (bogus) Delaware court ruling on Elon Musk's pay package at Tesla, Neuralink has officially moved out of Delaware and reincorporated in the state of Nevada.

00:00 Intro

00:30 First human implants

03:00 Cost of Neuralink procedures

03:17 Estimated # of surgeries

05:00 Neuralink is open to recruitment https://www.neuralink.com/patient-registry/

07:47 Neuralink x Tesla partnership

10:27 Elon x Joe Rogan

11:14 Elon x Lex Fridman

11:55 Elon x Walter Isaacson

12:25 Elon x Ben Netanyahu

13:58 Elon x Rishi Sunak

14:41 Neuralink - AR/ VR

17:35 Series D Funding

18:30 Neuralink is hiring https://www.neuralink.com/careers/

18:45 Please follow and repost

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Neura Pod is a series covering topics related to Neuralink, Inc. Topics such as brain-machine interfaces, brain injuries, and artificial intelligence will be explored. Host Ryan Tanaka synthesizes information, shares opinions, and conducts interviews to easily learn about Neuralink and its future.

Please consider supporting by joining the channel above, or sharing my other company website with retirees: https://www.reterns.com/. Opinions are my own. Neura Pod receives no compensation from Neuralink and has no affiliation to the company.

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00:00 Intro

00:16 Elon on helping quadriplegics and the blind

01:29 Neuralink background

02:52 James Douma explains how this works

04:34 Can Neuralink actually do this?

05:07 Neuralink will learn a lot

07:14 How we see

09:27 Improvements will occur rapidly

13:14 The brain is flexible

Zuby x Elon Interview: https://youtu.be/pjc_oo4ApSY

Think a tiny chip could be the answer to blindness? Sounds like sci-fi, right? Well, you might want to think again.

Here’s a clip of Elon sharing the first two problems his company Neuralink is focused on solving.

Around 40 million people around the world have some form of blindness. This number continues to grow, but fortunately this problem may become an issue of the past.

If you’ve been subscribed to Neura Pod, and already understand the basics of how Neuralink will work, go ahead and skip the next 60 seconds of the video.

So far, Neuralink has demonstrated they’ve successfully been able to implant this quarter-sized package in monkeys and other animals, and now that it’s time to test in humans, you’re probably wondering how this tiny package will be able to provide vision to those who don’t currently have it. Neuralink is working on building a brain-machine interface, or device that will help us send information from our brains to our computers and vice versa.

The surgery will require cutting open a hole in the skull, and having a surgical robot sew these very tiny threads into the brain. The threads have probes that can detect electrical impulses from the neurons and then send this information back to the chips.

Since there are many problems Neuralink hopes to solve in the future, like depression, blindness, or paralysis, they have to identify the best areas of the brain to implant these chips. In the case of paralysis for example, they’ll implant in both the motor cortex and the spinal cord. In the case of solving blindness, they’ll implant in the visual cortex in the back of the brain.

I had the chance to interview James Douma and ask him for more detail on how they’ll be able to achieve this.

Thanks for watching. My name is Ryan Tanaka. If you’re interested in hearing more from James about how Neuralink works, check out this video.

00:00 Intro

01:01 Outline

01:46 Head Neurosurgeon Discusses Implant Safety

02:20 Close-Up of Electrode Threads

03:51 Testing Neuralink’s Threads

04:47 Apply to Patient Registry

05:15 Practice Surgeries

06:02 Monkey looking for treats

06:32 Wireless Charger Heat Dissipation

07:52 Dr. Matthew MacDougall x Dr. Andrew Huberman

Neuralink’s Patient Registry (First step to be considered for clinical trials): https://www.neuralink.com/patient-registry/

Neuralink’s Head Neurosurgeon, Dr. Matthew MacDougall interview on Dr. Andrew Huberman’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2739&v=3ZGItIAUQmI&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=AndrewHuberman

Work for Neuralink: https://www.neuralink.com/careers/

The Singularity Lab w/ Michael Mataluni: https://www.youtube.com/live/HqY7cQwMz_o?feature=share

If all goes according to plan, the next episode will be called something like: "What's next for Elon Musk's company, Neuralink"

00:00 Intro

00:00 Intro

00:33 FDA human trials application

02:22 Synchron's Stentrode device

04:38 Neuralink's Patient Registry

04:59 Perri Karyal gaming w/ EEG

05:53 Elon discusses VR on Babylon Bee

06:59 Dr. Paul Nuyujukian analyzes Neuralink

08:57 Other BCI news

10:19 Kernel, Bryan Johnson, Project Blueprint

10:53 James Douma Interviews

15:34 Neuralink is hiring

00:00 Intro

01:01 ChatGPT x Neuralink

16:45 Inserting stents into blood vessels

26:48 Pros & Cons of Neuralink's architecture

31:55 Neuralink clinics

33:51 Downloading our minds onto a Tesla Optimus Bot

52:30 If you get a Neuralink, will you lose free will?

1:04:16 AI helping Neuralink

1:09:55 Everyone's brain is unique

1:23:16 Getting a Neuralink as a baby

1:25:20 Sleep paralysis

1:30:01 Nanotechnology x Neuralink

1:31:59 James has an idea for Neuralink

1:46:22 James' favorite answer to the Fermi Paradox

1:55:08 Haha :)

Neura Pod is a series covering topics related to Neuralink, Inc. Topics such as brain-machine interfaces, brain injuries, and artificial intelligence will be explored. Host Ryan Tanaka synthesizes information, shares opinions, and conducts interviews to easily learn about Neuralink and its future.

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ryantanaka3/

Support: https://www.patreon.com/neurapod/

Please consider supporting by joining the channel above, or sharing my other company website with retirees: https://www.reterns.com/. Opinions are my own. Neura Pod receives no compensation from Neuralink and has no affiliation to the company.

#Neuralink #ElonMusk #Tesla

00:00 Trailer

05:54 Tertiary brain layer

19:49 Curing paralysis

23:09 How Neuralink works

33:34 Showing probes

44:15 Neuralink will be wayyy better than prior devices

1:01:20 Communication is lossy

1:14:27 Hearing Bluetooth, WiFi, Starlink

1:22:50 Animal testing & brain proxies

1:29:57 Controlling muscle units w/ Neuralink

I had the privilege of speaking with James Douma- a self-described deep learning dork. James’ experience and technical understanding are not easily found. I think you’ll find his words to be intriguing and insightful. This is one of several conversations James and I plan to have.

We discuss:  1. Elon’s motivations for starting Neuralink

2. How Neuralinks will be implanted

3. Things Neuralink will be able to do

4. Important takeaways from the latest Show and Tell event

In future episodes, we’ll dive more into:

- Neuralink’s architectural decisions and plans to scale

- The spike detection, decoding algorithms, and differences among brain regions

- Robot/ hardware/ manufacturing

- Neural shunt concept/ future projects  Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Neura Pod is a series covering topics related to Neuralink, Inc. Topics such as brain-machine interfaces, brain injuries, and artificial intelligence will be explored. Host Ryan Tanaka synthesizes information, shares opinions, and conducts interviews to easily learn about Neuralink and its future.

Support: https://www.patreon.com/neurapod

James Douma's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamesdouma

Neura Pod's Twitter: https://twitter.com/NeuraPod

Ryan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanTanaka3 

Please consider supporting by joining the channel above, or sharing my other company website with retirees: https://www.reterns.com/. Opinions are my own. Neura Pod receives no compensation from Neuralink and has no affiliation to the company. 

#Neuralink #ElonMusk #Tesla