Billionaire Elon Musk is taking his brain implant startup to the next level and starting clinical trials in humans. Musk’s firm Neuralink previously had success inserting their microchip into the brain of a macaque monkey and a pig.
Musk believes that the artificial intelligence implants “will enable someone with paralysis to use a smartphone with their mind faster than someone using thumbs,” amongst other unforeseen innovations. But many scientists and ethicists believe that Neuralink could be potentially dangerous– not necessarily medically, but ethically.