Neura Pod (All Things Neuralink)

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. Apply for Machine Learning Position at Neuralink: (I shortened link) https://rb.gy/7c7p73 Neuralink's Patient Registry: https://neuralink.com/patient-registry/ Neuralink careers: https://neuralink.com/careers/ 00:00 Intro 00:23 Elon update 01:38 Outline 02:20 Pics inside HQ 03:43 First human implanted w/ Neuralink 08:46 Putin's thoughts on brain chips 10:55 Apple's Vision Pro vs Neuralink 17:30 Testing the implants 18:51 The team's advantage 20:15 Changed state of incorporation Links: Elon's Neuralink update on X: https://twitter.com/cb_doge/status/1759859577393238091 Cleo Abram on Neuralink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w9_D9rejsU Romina's team picture: https://twitter.com/RominaNejad/status/1751393585847734507?s=20 Sam's squat rack post: https://twitter.com/samschmitz/status/1751088932761330026?s=20 Brandon's Christmas tree picture: https://twitter.com/hovmoses/status/1730044569486766300?t=05Jmrh2UYDXto2AIy-4NxA&s=03 Elon's announcement - first human implanted: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1752098683024220632?s=20 Neuralink's clinical trial - PRIME study video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7o39CzHgug&t=1s&ab_channel=Neuralink Monkey MindPong: (1:59 - 2:07) https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=ZuHEbX8U-DQgSEbS&t=119&v=rsCul1sp4hQ&feature=youtu.be Putin interviewed by Tucker Carlson on X: (1:48:58 - 1:51:03) https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1755734526678925682?s=20 Casey Neistat on Apple Vision Pro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=0yeW6utiGk3-eGLU&v=UvkgmyfMPks&feature=youtu.be Cleo Abram & Marques Brownlee on Vision Pro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7hJlyVDEc8&ab_channel=CleoAbram Elon says you can quasi-time travel: https://twitter.com/NeuraPod/status/1728889767922991339?t=qyvkFBXz1Ox6W9-xa60pog&s=03 Vision Pro sales speculation: https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/29/apple-vision-pro-headset-sales/ Controlling a Tesla w/ Vision Pro - UrAvgConsumer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5ioBUUpd2IA Mark Zuckerberg x Morning Brew Daily: (28:54 - 29:23) https://youtu.be/xQqsvRHjas4?si=DP3ELriJrGONzGkh&t=1734 Elon announcing first product name- Telepathy: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1752118131579867417?s=20 Neuralink testing video: https://twitter.com/neuralink/status/1640857347575693316 Joe on internship acceptance rate: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joesharron_neuralink-internship-softwareengineering-activity-7141475497439281153-XdLl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android Elon's response to me about moving out of Delaware: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1756331713469247500?s=20 Delaware judge's official court ruling: https://courts.delaware.gov/Opinions/Download.aspx?id=359340 Shivon's post - "Man in the Arena": https://twitter.com/shivon/status/1384990175298658304/photo/1 X: https://www.x.com/ryantanaka3/ Support: https://www.patreon.com/neurapod/ Opinions are my own. Neura Pod receives no compensation from Neuralink and has no formal affiliation to the company. #Neuralink #ElonMusk #Tesla --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neura-pod/support

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 X: https://www.x.com/ryantanaka3/ Support: https://www.patreon.com/neurapod/ 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. #Neuralink #ElonMusk #Tesla --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neura-pod/support

00:00 Intro 00:20 Outline 01:00 Tesla Robot x Neuralink 03:56 Monkey playing Minecraft 06:08 Robert F. Kennedy asks Elon about Neuralink 07:54 "Competition" from Apple and Meta Neura Pod is a series covering topics related to Elon Musk's company: 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/neurapod/ 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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neura-pod/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neura-pod/support

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" 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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neura-pod/support

00:00 Intro 00:44 Neuralink x AI 01:30 Elon’s tweets 03:56 Elon's specific AI concerns 04:49 GPT10 x Neuralink v10 05:26 Why Neuralink? 07:09 Building images based on MRI brain data 07:40 Animal care 10:06 Monkey is doing well w/ upgraded implant 11:08 Neuralink imaging 11:25 Elon would implant kids w/ Neuralink 12:09 Patient Registry 12:39 Interviews 14:01 Dr. Krishna Shenoy Vanity Fair, October 8, 2014: https://youtu.be/Ze0_1vczikA?t=7 Do You Trust This Computer?, April 5, 2018: https://youtu.be/aV_IZye14vs?t=4285 Future of Life Institute Open Letter to Pause AI Experiments: https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/ Reconstructing images from MRI data, March 2, 2023: https://twitter.com/elon_alerts/status/1631704634631782423?t=MLEYZzzk6MdVgceIm79fcQ&s=03 Joe, Neuralink team, February 14, 2023: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joesharron_i-am-proud-to-say-im-part-of-the-research-activity-7030981147077562368-vle_/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop Elon would implant kids w/ Neuralink, November 30, 2022: https://www.youtube.com/live/YreDYmXTYi4?feature=share&t=9219 Imaging at Neuralink, April 4, 2023: https://twitter.com/neuralink/status/1643339633546215430?s=20 Neuralink upgradeability: https://www.youtube.com/live/YreDYmXTYi4?feature=share&t=1845 Neuralink’s Patient Registry: https://neuralink.com/patient-registry/ Dr. Cody Rall's TechforPsych: https://www.youtube.com/@CodyRallMD/featured Herbert Ong's Brighter w/ Herbert: https://youtu.be/x_HOPQdeGO4 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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neura-pod/support

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 Perri Karyal Gaming: https://twitter.com/JakeSucky/status/1618275174444593152?s=20 Elon Tweet (FDA Acronym poll): https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1632524437227716608?t=ouyMu9uz8xjq6QTQbqOyvw&s=03 Elon Tweet (SEC Acronym): https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1278764736876773383?s=20 Comparing Utah Array & DBS to Neuralink: https://www.youtube.com/live/r-vbh3t7WVI?feature=share&t=1578 First indications: https://www.youtube.com/live/YreDYmXTYi4?feature=share&t=1950 Monkey MindPong Deconstructed: https://youtu.be/rzNOuJIzk2E?t=240 Neuralink tweet (freshly baked chips): https://twitter.com/neuralink/status/1633243406368493569?s=20 Neuralink tweet (monkey business): https://twitter.com/neuralink/status/1635763304562827265?s=20 DJ Seo and BCI leaders: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jojoplatt_bci-bci-activity-7032067751993085952-Qg99/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop Kernel announcement: Dr. Ryan Field promoted to CEO: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kernel_precisionmedicine-neuroscience-neurotech-activity-7038912240581832704-oonN/ Bryan Johnson's Project Blueprint: https://medium.com/future-literacy/project-blueprint-360eaf1d8ea2 Neuralink tweet (surgery demonstration): https://twitter.com/neuralink/status/1638299507422113792?s=20 Patient Registry: https://neuralink.com/patient-registry/ Careers: https://neuralink.com/careers/ 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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neura-pod/support

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neura-pod/support

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neura-pod/support

Ryan covers these topics in this episode: 00:00 Intro  01:46 Neuralink’s Clinical Trials Timing & Patient Registry 04:01 Technical presentations (Things you may have overlooked) 07:19 World record 09:14 New vs old device versions 12:01 Physically upgrading your Neuralink 17:38 Commitment to animal care 22:12 The event & after party Links: Neuralink’s Patient Registry: https://neuralink.com/patient-registry/ Neuralink’s 2022 Show & Tell Event: https://youtu.be/YreDYmXTYi4 Neura Pod’s April 2022 Update (Animal Welfare): https://youtu.be/3qUhEXwrL74  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 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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neura-pod/support