Neuralink's First Patient Controls Computers With His Mind — With Noland Arbaugh

This is Noland Arbah. That's him controlling a computer with nothing but his mind. And yes, he kicked my butt, going head to head in a video game. Arba is the first Neurlink patient, meaning Elon Musk's Brain Computer Interface Company inserted a device into his motor cortex that's allowed him to finally, freely, operate a computer for the first time since getting paralyzed eight years ago. Noland and I spoke about it all in a special edition of Big Technology podcast, face-to-face in Izuma, Arizona kitchen.

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