Elon Musk is CEO of Neuralink, SpaceX, Tesla, xAI, and CTO of X. DJ Seo is COO &amp; President of Neuralink. Matthew MacDougall is Head Neurosurgeon at Neuralink. Bliss Chapman is Brain Interface Software Lead at Neuralink. Noland Arbaugh is the first human to have a Neuralink device implanted in his brain.

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Elon's X: https://x.com/elonmusk
DJ's X: https://x.com/djseo_
Matthew's X: https://x.com/matthewmacdoug4
Bliss's X: https://x.com/chapman_bliss
Noland's X: https://x.com/ModdedQuad
xAI: https://x.com/xai
Tesla: https://x.com/tesla
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OUTLINE:
Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) - Introduction
(09:26) - Elon Musk
(12:42) - Telepathy
(19:22) - Power of human mind
(23:49) - Future of Neuralink
(29:04) - Ayahuasca
(38:33) - Merging with AI
(43:21) - xAI
(45:34) - Optimus
(52:24) - Elon's approach to problem-solving
(1:09:59) - History and geopolitics
(1:14:30) - Lessons of history
(1:18:49) - Collapse of empires
(1:26:32) - Time
(1:29:14) - Aliens and curiosity
(1:36:48) - DJ Seo
(1:44:57) - Neural dust
(1:51:40) - History of brain–computer interface
(1:59:44) - Biophysics of neural interfaces
(2:10:12) - How Neuralink works
(2:16:03) - Lex with Neuralink implant
(2:36:01) - Digital telepathy
(2:47:03) - Retracted threads
(2:52:38) - Vertical integration
(2:59:32) - Safety
(3:09:27) - Upgrades
(3:18:30) - Future capabilities
(3:47:46) - Matthew MacDougall
(3:53:35) - Neuroscience
(4:00:44) - Neurosurgery
(4:11:48) - Neuralink surgery
(4:30:57) - Brain surgery details
(4:46:40) - Implanting Neuralink on self
(5:02:34) - Life and death
(5:11:54) - Consciousness
(5:14:48) - Bliss Chapman
(5:28:04) - Neural signal
(5:34:56) - Latency
(5:39:36) - Neuralink app
(5:44:17) - Intention vs action
(5:55:31) - Calibration
(6:05:03) - Webgrid
(6:28:05) - Neural decoder
(6:48:40) - Future improvements
(6:57:36) - Noland Arbaugh
(6:57:45) - Becoming paralyzed
(7:11:20) - First Neuralink human participant
(7:15:21) - Day of surgery
(7:33:08) - Moving mouse with brain
(7:58:27) - Webgrid
(8:06:28) - Retracted threads
(8:14:53) - App improvements
(8:21:38) - Gaming
(8:32:36) - Future Neuralink capabilities
(8:35:31) - Controlling Optimus robot
(8:39:53) - God

Elon Musk is CEO of Neuralink, SpaceX, Tesla, xAI, and CTO of X. DJ Seo is COO & President of Neuralink. Matthew MacDougall is Head Neurosurgeon at Neuralink. Bliss Chapman is Brain Interface Software Lead at Neuralink.

Elon Musk is CEO of Neuralink, SpaceX, Tesla, xAI, and CTO of X. DJ Seo is COO &amp; President of Neuralink. Matthew MacDougall is Head Neurosurgeon at Neuralink. Bliss Chapman is Brain Interface Software Lead at Neuralink. Noland Arbaugh is the first human to have a Neuralink device implanted in his brain. 
 
Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/elon-musk-and-neuralink-team-transcript 
 
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EPISODE LINKS: 
Neuralink's X: https://x.com/neuralink 
Neuralink's Website: https://neuralink.com/ 
Elon's X: https://x.com/elonmusk 
DJ's X: https://x.com/djseo_ 
Matthew's X: https://x.com/matthewmacdoug4 
Bliss's X: https://x.com/chapman_bliss 
Noland's X: https://x.com/ModdedQuad 
xAI: https://x.com/xai 
Tesla: https://x.com/tesla 
Tesla Optimus: https://x.com/tesla_optimus 
Tesla AI: https://x.com/Tesla_AI 
 
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OUTLINE: 
Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. 
(00:00) - Introduction 
(09:26) - Elon Musk 
(12:42) - Telepathy 
(19:22) - Power of human mind 
(23:49) - Future of Neuralink 
(29:04) - Ayahuasca 
(38:33) - Merging with AI 
(43:21) - xAI 
(45:34) - Optimus 
(52:24) - Elon's approach to problem-solving 
(1:09:59) - History and geopolitics 
(1:14:30) - Lessons of history 
(1:18:49) - Collapse of empires 
(1:26:32) - Time 
(1:29:14) - Aliens and curiosity 
(1:36:48) - DJ Seo 
(1:44:57) - Neural dust 
(1:51:40) - History of brain–computer interface 
(1:59:44) - Biophysics of neural interfaces 
(2:10:12) - How Neuralink works 
(2:16:03) - Lex with Neuralink implant 
(2:36:01) - Digital telepathy 
(2:47:03) - Retracted threads 
(2:52:38) - Vertical integration 
(2:59:32) - Safety 
(3:09:27) - Upgrades 
(3:18:30) - Future capabilities 
(3:47:46) - Matthew MacDougall 
(3:53:35) - Neuroscience 
(4:00:44) - Neurosurgery 
(4:11:48) - Neuralink surgery 
(4:30:57) - Brain surgery details 
(4:46:40) - Implanting Neuralink on self 
(5:02:34) - Life and death 
(5:11:54) - Consciousness 
(5:14:48) - Bliss Chapman 
(5:28:04) - Neural signal 
(5:34:56) - Latency

#438 – Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity