But there can’t be a better reward for having so much riches if it doesn’t give you some authority over your fellow man. As perplexing as that may sound, Musk and Nueralink invested heavily in research that may forecast the compute patterns and outcomes of the most complex computer ever built. Even the Holy Grail was never said to have attained such uninhibited ambition. Musk does not believe in half-measures. I’d rather someone breaks the human brain code in my lifetime so that I can know, at his expense, the genetic codes that make up the wellspring of all human intelligence, including the same AI solution that would eerily return the favor to the brain.
The US National Institutes of Health described the human brain as a “three-pound organ (which) is the seat of intelligence, interpreter of the senses, initiator of body movement, and controller of behaviour. It is the most complex part of the human body and is the source of all the qualities that define our humanity.