Will Brain Chip Implants Enable “Thought Police”?

<p>Elon Musk&rsquo;s company&nbsp;<a href="https://neuralink.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Neuralink</em></a>&nbsp;has&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/neuralink-implants-brain-chip-first-human-musk-says-2024-01-29/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">implanted</a>&nbsp;this week the first N1 chip in the human brain. The brain-computer interface (BCI) implant was surgically placed by a robot in a region of the brain that controls the intention to move. This so-called&nbsp;<a href="https://neuralink.com/blog/first-clinical-trial-open-for-recruitment/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">PRIME Study</a>, abbreviated for&nbsp;<strong>P</strong>recise&nbsp;<strong>R</strong>obotically&nbsp;<strong>Im</strong>planted Brain-Computer Interfac<strong>e</strong>, involves a medical device trial for&nbsp;<em>Neuralink</em>&rsquo;s BCI.</p> <p>The company noted that the implants&rsquo; ultra-fine threads transmit signals in the brain. In a post on X, Musk added: &ldquo;Initial results show promising neuron spike detection.&rdquo; This suggests that the implant detected signals from the electrical impulses that nerve cells create in the brain.</p> <p><a href="https://avi-loeb.medium.com/will-brain-chip-implants-enable-thought-police-5c9a1e4f84d1"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>