If anyone is wondering: "Each row in the top panel represents the neural activity recorded from one electrode. The top 100 electrodes with the strongest upward preferred directions are shown in blue, and the 100 electrodes with the strongest downward preferred directions are shown in red. Brighter colors indicate higher firing rates. In the bottom trace, the yellow line indicates the vertical velocity of the MindPong paddle that results from the decoded neural activity in the top panel."

@nico_rico3185

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this

@Beastman-vz1uv

3 жыл бұрын

Will you make a video about neuralink any time?

@Electric_Snap

3 жыл бұрын

Still wondering how a monkey plays pong better than me... Maybe these cumbersome limbs are a handicap. Thanks for the words you typed though.

@Mike5000

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Steven

@CultureShockAddict

3 жыл бұрын

Damn. Thx

When my brother told me that a monkey could beat me at pong, actually, he wasn’t kidding...

@Daemon1995_

3 жыл бұрын

why would he

@harshadmore9105

3 жыл бұрын

Remember me when this comment blow up

@user-it4dx1hn1k

3 жыл бұрын

@@harshadmore9105 FORGET YOU

@raspberryepicly

3 жыл бұрын

An actual coincidence on prediction...

@Vattevaii

3 жыл бұрын

Haha.. thinking the same thing... This monke can definitely beat me in pong.

Imagine playing games while drinking banana milkshake!

@leonorehamer3025

3 жыл бұрын

Poor thing cannot consent to surgery like that? How'd you like if if someone did surgery on your kids or parents without consent? Surely Elon you'd have no problem getting willing Human testing subjects with your following, instead?

@leonorehamer3025

3 жыл бұрын

@UC8A-qnVnkDJMPvO3-6jn-dw no it does not, it should be in the wild, not remotely playing video games in any way shape or form, its a wild animal. And if not wild capable anymore in an open sanctuary. We know enough now that this is just not acceptable in the 21st century.

@z-manoverstreet

3 жыл бұрын

@@leonorehamer3025 omg can you be quiet already, the monkey is fine

@mrandersen6872

3 жыл бұрын

@@leonorehamer3025 how tf a monkey gonna give consent? Shut up, humans aren't monkeys.

@beta-nj6yb

3 жыл бұрын

Damn, The future is now, not tomorrow

Drinking milkshakes all day while playing mindpong. Not a bad life!

@bozo89CRO

3 жыл бұрын

Not so different compared to twitch streamers

@meganekun360

3 жыл бұрын

@@bozo89CRO elon Said the monkey will stream on Twitch as soon as possible lkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

@oddballsok

3 жыл бұрын

good..YOU are the next volunteer to get a chip in your goddamn brain..

@bjjbuster2164

3 жыл бұрын

@@oddballsok Well uh.. yeah, that's the purpose of Neuralink, ya twat.

@YashMRSawant

Жыл бұрын

You don't know how much these monkeys were starved of water (for hours) before starting the experiment and then at each successive reward microlitre of water drops are given to monkeys.

Imagine summoning your Tesla by just thinking about needing a ride

@Lillylafrog

3 жыл бұрын

@Vebunkd that would be so cool

@vadyakhan

3 жыл бұрын

That will be a simple task

@morkovija

3 жыл бұрын

You are not thinking big enough friend. Imagine telepathic communication? Imagine operating machinery just by thinking what you want them to produce? Imagine creating music just by thinking instead of using your meat sausages?

@merfymac

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. That'd be great. Could become expensive if it had to smash through walls to get to you though

@honanight7302

3 жыл бұрын

It makes people lazy and fat.

Monke

@ACUEZIUM

3 жыл бұрын

Hmmm Monke

@AlexLost365

3 жыл бұрын

Use my name in your next project

@crodu_u

3 жыл бұрын

monki smart

@Juansas03

3 жыл бұрын

MonkE

@tharsantharsan416

3 жыл бұрын

😇 yap

This creature literally woke up one day to realize it could control a part of the world around it simply by thinking about it. It has no idea why or how. It had a headache for a couple days, and then it just happened.

somebody better put some lo-fi beats with this. like yesterday.

@harshsharma03

3 жыл бұрын

Lol I can do that. I'll post it on my channel today or tomorrow. Edit: someone like my comment so I get a msg to return back here. Else this section will be lost in the many comments to come on the vid.

@TonyStark-wy4sf

3 жыл бұрын

@@harshsharma03 go go go

@harshsharma03

3 жыл бұрын

@Xp Reflex I made the edit. It's almost 4hours long and it's exporting right now. Since my laptop is trash and old it'll take time for exporting to finish. Here's proof too i.imgur.com/C4gG47Y.jpg Edit: I have 200Mbps upload speed so at least upload won't take long.

@MIUMIUMIU1000

3 жыл бұрын

I need this

@rappermerch7785

3 жыл бұрын

@@harshsharma03 u got an hp that's why. I do too and it's 😬😬. Bloatware and popup city

that must be one hell of a banana smoothie

@Global_Optimization

3 жыл бұрын

I would play telepathic Pong all day for a banana smoothie. That monkey has it made!

@joshuaroper9530

3 жыл бұрын

Milkshake

@MrPorkistan786

3 жыл бұрын

😁

@rexerator

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a strawberry shake?

@jaimemartinez3866

2 жыл бұрын

cocaine is a hell of a drug.

That's cruel...show him the score!

@ConnoisseurOfExistence

3 жыл бұрын

It comes in the form of banana shake

@pixelayerstmp7449

3 жыл бұрын

@@ConnoisseurOfExistence Or directly into his brain

@ConnoisseurOfExistence

3 жыл бұрын

@@pixelayerstmp7449 Yes, because when he hits the ball, dopamine is already released in the anticipation of the banana shake... :D

@g4m3professional

2 жыл бұрын

Had me in the first half not gonna lie.

@LaOwlett

Ай бұрын

Under rated comment!

Best Let’s play on KZread

oh my god. most people wont realise how special what you just saw was. you will remember seeing this for the rest of your life.

What if in the future we could use this to communicate with animals in some way? I know there are plans to rehabilitate people who are paralyzed but this is the start of something incredible. Just witnessing this is blowing my mind in every capacity, this is some sci fi becoming reality type of thing here, absolutely amazing

@shashwatsingh9092

3 жыл бұрын

@George Washington but everybody is not a animal trainer

Imagine you would be playing (and probably feeling) a character in a game, you could actually feel the pain/love and all the other things a character can feel in the game (Imagine playing Life is Strange or Bioshock or GTA) this is literally mind-blowing.

@nunamvseravno

3 жыл бұрын

sooo how long you can hold your breath...in Bioshock? better have a timer on ESC button ;-)

@bigboi9856

Жыл бұрын

@@nunamvseravno imagine being able to feel the flesh melting off your bones, or bees coming out of your fucking skin! sounds great!

Yeah this is gonna be a crazy future.

Hooorrryyy sheeeeetttt how is this not on KZread's trending??

We've reached a point where science feels like magic

@armentorosyan8268

3 жыл бұрын

@Sebastian so you think that all that brain stuff is fake?

@Niyabrock1

3 жыл бұрын

2 Thessalonians 2:9: "This man will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles."

@adam_541

3 жыл бұрын

@Sebastian there are 2 options, you could either stay ignorant or actually learn how they do it

@joeysipos

3 жыл бұрын

@@Niyabrock1 it not counterfeit, it’s science... the devil is the one that tries to deny science and make it look evil because it strips him of his power on people. So many people brainwashed by religious entities controlled by greedy leaders.

@Niyabrock1

3 жыл бұрын

@@joeysipos So his statement was .. 'We've reached a point where science feels like magic" In the bible.... It says that in last days there will be an 'Anti Chris'... "This man will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles." Science today feels like Magic ... and its only gonna get more magical and spooky. There will be a time where there will be a superhuman, that can do amazing wonders and miracles, and instead of worshiping God, people will choose to worship this superhuman (Anti Christ)

Is it ok for me to tear up at this amazing milestone in science. The data flow problem for humans will be solved because of this wow

@FireCraftEntertainment

3 жыл бұрын

Not to mention people who suffer from any brain problems. I think the ones in pain are* the ones in priority.

@ztechrepairs

3 жыл бұрын

Its ok i teared up to

@QuietSquirrelClips

3 жыл бұрын

I wish I had more knowledge about what’s happening here. Can you help me out ? What milestone is reached here. I am Asking with all honesty and no disrespect.

@glintrhmj

3 жыл бұрын

@@QuietSquirrelClips what is happening is essentially we are creating a computer which can add another layer/interface to our living self. This simply means we have our brain which handles the cognition and our body which handles the responses, what this adds is another computational layer which would resolve many brain issues in case the biological frameworks malfunctions and also possibly in the future enhance them to super human or even better possibilities. This is a very broad simplistic explanation but it’s much deeper.

@notsocommie

3 жыл бұрын

seems promising enough

Technically he's the best player of his species

Absolutely amazing! Cannot wait to see what other developments come later this year. Keep up the great work!!

Very interesting how the monkey moves his hand up when it wants the paddle to go up

@azai.mp4

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, in the other video, he still uses the joystick even though it's not plugged in, purely out of habit. I assume this is the same thing.

@LabGecko

3 жыл бұрын

Good catch

@rexerator

3 жыл бұрын

The electrodes are reading his intent to move the joystick. Not his intent to move the paddle. So him moving his hand is practically required. The system is designed so that a paralysed person could interact with their devices by imagining using there hands to interact with the device.

YungThug is constantly motioning slightly with his head and even sometimes his right hand/upper body in the direction he envisions the ball to go, and how he imagines whacking it that way. Absolutely incredible

@scrogglez1062

Жыл бұрын

bruh

Making video games based on Neuralink is so intriguing to me... can't wait to get my hands on it and work on some projects. Hope it will come out before I get too old... I feel like it expands the possibilities of gaming so much. How easy would be for anyone to join in and not just watch anymore, but play... Like having a whole cinema playing a 200-player game together. Endless possibilities..just wow...

This is absolutely amazing!!!

Seeing a monkey play pong as good or better than I can really helps to represent the intelligence of animals.

Just imagine what this could lead to: human-computer interface for bionics and communication for the disabled. This is awesome.

all of the times you focused on something really hard to move it with your mind are 1 step closer to being practice for something possible!

I'm excited to see the first human tests. They're so close I can taste its delicious banana flavoring.

@meganekun360

3 жыл бұрын

Kkkkkkkkk

@oddballsok

3 жыл бұрын

idiot. But you can volunteer...surely you did so already ? Or..let's use Uygurs and Kansas Republicans for your convenience.

@TheFinalsTV

3 жыл бұрын

@@oddballsok There's people with disabilities that would love to volunteer for the chance to walk or pick up a cup and take a drink with their own arm again.. Please be more understanding.

As a Biochemist and programming enthusiast i really admire your work and one day we will meet!

@jonathancauchi6457

3 жыл бұрын

Good attitude

@DaCashRap

3 жыл бұрын

best of luck to you!

This is absolutely incredible! (One highly motivated computer engineering student coming your way Neuralink)

Future is in front of us ladies and gentlemen. Elon and whole neuralink team did it which hardly anyone would have thought of. Hats off👏🏽

I believe this is legitimately the most impactful research going on right now that involves our future for tech. Major game changer. One of the biggest roadblocks with tech right now is how we are able to use them. If we can reduce the physical element like you guys are here, then so many possibilities open up. I really hope I'm able to work for you guys here soon. It's my dream.

Games are gonna go to the next level....VR plus this u don't even need to move your fingers......Reaction times are gonna go through the roof!

@deaddycruel

3 жыл бұрын

games will become senseless

This is outstanding, im excited

Curing depression with this device would be a great achievement.

@fredbloggs5902

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but the book ‘Terminal Man’ by Michael Crichton is a great warning of possible problems.

And he's just staring at the screen! Insane

@paulcosyns3723

3 жыл бұрын

@Sebastian And he plays the game by thinking* ;)

@abhayagarwal5097

3 жыл бұрын

@Sebastian just for you .

amazing! can't wait until I can get my own!

Це неймовірно! Справжній гіпер-стрибок для людства у наступну цивілізацію! Дуже радісно! Щиро вітаю усю команду! Ви НЕЙМОВІРНІ СУПЕРГЕРОЇ! Я в захваті від вашої роботи!

@s4myth689

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

What a time to be alive.

Incredible works !

Damn you just drop it like this! So chill you guys.

This is amazing... You guys should post more often! Even only small updates.

This is insanity, congrats to the Neuralink team!

Congrats Neuralink team, and a monkey also! Great job! Waiting for further updates on a project.

My men really set perfect score for this game.

He plays pretty damn good !

Key to decoding our thoughts, and memories is animations. We just need to measure several people by devices that think the same thing, and then animate it. This is how we can reveal all memories of people, and secret services have already done it.

OMG. this is awesome!!!

This Calms & Makes Me Happy!!! ❤️❤️🗝

As impressive as it is, I'd like to point out that its still using 200+ neurons for up and down movement, and it still glitches a bit when it comes to switching from one direction to the other causing the monkey to miss a few balls. Improvements will need to be made to control all keys on a keyboard with a speed faster than typing with fingers.

@spqri3

3 жыл бұрын

The goal is to remove the actual control from the monkey. It should be interfacing with an AI to decide on whether to go up or down. Gonna have to remove our bias towards maintaining personal autonomy.

@bleach186

Жыл бұрын

Well for one, It's a monkey playing, not a human. Also this a prototype. And when you consider the amount of neurons in a monkey's brain, let alone a human brain, there's still many more neurons to work with to achieve a greater resolution.

That is fantastic, Good luck to the team

This is the coolest thing I have ever seen I need to show this too my dad he never believed in neura link

they should create a game that teaches the monkey how to write basic English, then give it a banana smoothie every time it gets something right.

@vighneshkannan7896

3 жыл бұрын

or even basic math and physics concepts

@mykeh3155

3 жыл бұрын

@@test-zg4hv people already house train monkeys, the problem is that their motor functions aren’t built for what we see as simple tasks and that leads them to struggle, and struggling makes them see less value in attempting when a human could do it 100x more accurately and 10x faster. Could be different with robotic limbs, but not really a good idea to rewrite their limb movements as that would probably scare or frustrate them beyond belief.

@BittermanAndy

3 жыл бұрын

Baffling that no-one's talking about an ARMY OF FLYING MONKEYS. Think big people!

@voidgalaxy1838

3 жыл бұрын

@@test-zg4hv Well you have to feed them, and you would likely end up with less efficiency then other methods.

True gamer 10/10

One day I will buy a lot off stock from this company this is how much I believe in it! Good work guy’s keep it up..💪🏼🙌🏻🙌🏻💯✌🏻

The future looks scary... right now watching this makes me shiver ..

All fun and games until they train him to play call of duty.

Its fun and games Until it says " Together we will retake our homeland and with it our legacy"

What!! That's remarkable actually

I hope I can work with such awesome technologies someday😭😭😭😭😭😭

if things advance as quickly as gaming technology did i MIGHT be alive to give this a go haha

Elon knows he’ll probably die before we get to mars, so know he can just upload his consciousness to a computer and live forever!

@justlooking4202

3 жыл бұрын

What are you talking about? SpaceX plan on going to Mars this decade.

@birdmatrix2613

3 жыл бұрын

@@justlooking4202 they are going as fast as they can and they have to give optimistic roadmaps to motivate people but we're still a long way from landing humans there (Starship is not ready, let alone a manned Starship), Elon knows it, he said in a interview that if we don't boost the rate of innovation he'll probably die before it happens. That said, i think they can pull it off before 2035-2040

@j.f.almeida9081

3 жыл бұрын

@@birdmatrix2613 He was talking about when the colony become self-sustainable. Elon Musk plans to send the first unmanned starship to mars in 2024 and the manned in 2026. The starship will be ready. Haven't you heard about the dean moon mission for 2023? Yusaku Maezawa already started the selection process. Just go to Dear moon website and apply yourself.

@zackfair8407

3 жыл бұрын

@@justlooking4202 this decade? E you believe it?😂 we wont go on mars for at least a few decades

I fell like a hour later, WOW Amazing, thanks for share, and I can help you!

Watching this strangely makes me very happy

The future looks pretty cool man

@adam_541

3 жыл бұрын

@Followup Account well no, it only kill you when you're gonna pull the trigger

I just showed this to my Mother who carefully explained to me how this is all fake and how something like this will never be possible....lmfao

@dr.strangelove9815

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing is impossible, it's just most people are not open to new innovations.

@kendarr

3 жыл бұрын

It was impossible a few years ago, so I don't really blame her

This is insane! 🤯 Wow this will change the future!!! 😱🎆🌌🎇

Awesome!

Unbelievable... great work neuralink

Sign me up! Im a monkey too!

@JanneWolterbeek

3 жыл бұрын

No, you are overqualified. You can even write KZread comments.

@Zanaze_banane

3 жыл бұрын

@@JanneWolterbeek with his mind.

Wow Fantastic !!

Amazing!

So sweet. Neuralink is incredible.

@Smoking_cat11

3 жыл бұрын

Sup nero pod like your videos

where/when do I signup for human trials?

@farid-frederick

3 жыл бұрын

Wow

Noticing spikes on the graph whenever our monkey friend manages to successfully win on his turn. Neuralink is amazing!

The only reason I wouldn't immediately volunteer for human trials is, someone else could benefit from this way more than me, being a healthy and fully intact person. The minute this technology is publicly available for any willing person I'm getting my checkbook! Amazing work Nueralink team. Your research is going to improve so many lives, and then revolutionize the way humanity interacts with digital systems.

@kendarr

3 жыл бұрын

Won't they use as you called intact people, to train models for those who lost a leg for example?

@Hyraethian

3 жыл бұрын

@@kendarr Potentially. Hopefully there's no shortage of volunteers, and if there is some one should give me a call.

🔥🔥🔥

it's amazing.

Nice work Elon and the great team.

I have soooo many questions! Like: How addicted is he?(Knowing he gets food while playing.) What happens when the pong sides are switched? How long does it take until he realize it? What when the paddle color is changed? What when two balls are used? How does he react when balls appear left and move in a straight line to the right? Is he able to learn a second (easy) game? When yes: What happens when its switched back to pong? Is he able to teach a non trained other ape? Is his counterpart a human or a software which should make some mistakes? Does he react differently when his counterpart makes a mistake? Which experiments are planed or made to override his mind? Dreams he (about pong)? Are his neurons firing while he is asleep that are indicating he dreams about pong? And: Can he say "No!" and fire an AK-47? ;-)

@kendarr

3 жыл бұрын

He was thought with a pavalov system of sorts, look for behaviour Pavlov and you'll understand

@v.gedace1519

3 жыл бұрын

@@kendarr Pavlov? lol. I assume you mean Iwan Petrowitsch Pawlow. And thats not related to any of my questions.

@kendarr

3 жыл бұрын

@@v.gedace1519 Pavlov is the behaviour dude, he trained pigeons to see color

@v.gedace1519

3 жыл бұрын

@@kendarr Pawlow (in German) -> Eng: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Pavlov = Dogs ... pigeons?

@kendarr

3 жыл бұрын

@@v.gedace1519 I think its this one, www.researchgate.net/publication/8931351_Pavlovian_conditioning_The_CS-UR_relation I've seen these a long time ago sorry, i directed you here because he experimented teatching dogs and other animals stuff, probably the same way neuralink team teatched the monkey to use the joystick, basically, like we train dogs to sit on command, he does what we want, we give him a reward, in the case of animals, usually food, so if they trainend the monkey with different colors of pong but still give him the reward everytime he scores, it should not matter the pong colors, thats just an example, hes reward is the banana smoothie lol

sometimes hes losing the game i was thinking imagining what if he starts raging 😆

There should be a tournament for Monkey pong. People would train their gamer monkey and then take them to a mind pong tournament.

The real technical feat here is the smoothie straw that rewards you for winning. How do I get one of those for my computer? I already have hands that can play pretty well

@kendarr

3 жыл бұрын

Use your feet on a pedal lol,

Wow seriously impressive

Congratulations on making it to KZread buddy. I told the humans to go back to the trees and pick up on the way : )

Can’t wait to crank 90s with my brain

CONGRATS !!!!! :D It's my dream to come work for you in the future but I guess I gotta fill out my curiculum first with programming projects ! I'm a security guard right now and I'd live your feedback but just know I love your work so far and I'm a big fan if what you're trying to achieve :) (also of Elon of course) haha keep it up !

@felixm2618

3 жыл бұрын

Love*

@DomainAspect

3 жыл бұрын

You can do everything you put your mind too!

@felixm2618

3 жыл бұрын

@@DomainAspect yeah thanks :)

Smarte Monke

@shobhitagnihotri5923

3 жыл бұрын

You are fake.

@Tricion

3 жыл бұрын

bro waarom ben jij overal waar ik ben, ik heb je vandaag al 30 keer gezien ofzo

@ElonMusk-FanZone

3 жыл бұрын

@@shobhitagnihotri5923 there’s nothing fake about my account. I clearly state I’m a fan account.

@ElonMusk-FanZone

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tricion haha

@voidgalaxy1838

3 жыл бұрын

@@shobhitagnihotri5923 insert Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man meme

Game over, World over.... I'm calling it!

This is the only thing I live for

It's absolutely impressive. Imagine how many disabilities could be solved with this. Bionic prosthesis, that actually move when you want to... So many possibilities

@kendarr

3 жыл бұрын

That's the plan

@mjau12

Жыл бұрын

Im disabled and I dont wanna be cured

Wow. Just wow 🤯

best let's play ever!

You are a superb scientist even we cannot think like this in our dreams. Keep it up I like to study this technology it's cool and superb NO WORDS TO EXPRESS. 👍❤❤❤

So are we going to end up seeing interspecies conversation with this? Interesting times ahead.

@fredbloggs5902

3 жыл бұрын

Possibly, but still somewhat limited by the cognitive limitations of the animal.

@VictoriaSobocki

3 жыл бұрын

Cool idea

I can see animals communicating with us in the coming future WOW !!!!

@looming_

3 жыл бұрын

This doesn't mean apes understand the concept of language lol

@AestheticConsciousness

3 жыл бұрын

@@looming_ Doesn't have to, just the A.I doing things like if an animal is feeling hungry A.I can detect the rise in ghrelin hormone and converts it into words :)

@zubinkynto

3 жыл бұрын

@@AestheticConsciousness smart, maybe we'll even get steve from _cloudy with a chance of meatballs_

That's a really patient monkey.🙉

I'm only human and it would take me 200 years to play this damn mind game so well.

Yes, next are the exoskeletons for the fingers and limbs:-)

Can I help? I love where this is going.