#29 Ladan Jiracek - The Future of Neural Implants
Bold Conjectures with Paras Chopra
English - February 10, 2022 13:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsScience science physics consciousness reality economy psychology evolution Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Neuralink has made brain-machine interfaces cool, but what's beyond it?
I talk to Ladan Jiracek about the kinds of neural implants available in the market today and what we should expect in the future. Ladan is a graduate student at the University of Florida and the host of the most famous (and perhaps the only) podcast dedicated to brain-machine interfaces called the neural implant podcast.
== What we talk about ==
0:00 - Introduction
1:19 - What is a brain-machine interface (BMI)?
3:29 - What are your views on invasive vs non-invasive techniques for BMI?
5:37 - How hard is it to convince people to get brain surgeries done?
9:08 - How well do we have to understand the human brain in order to create an effective BMI?
15:04 - Are there any brain-machine Interfaces available for use today?
16:52 - How strongly science-backed are the devices that are available in the market today?
22:12 - How can we push the progress in this field to move faster?
33:18 - Who is currently pushing this field forward currently?
35:07 - What do you think about Neuralink?
40:48 - What are your views on Elon Musk’s plan of using neural implants to "merge with AI"?
43:12 - Will we ever be able to use neural implants to live in a virtual reality that exactly feels like physical reality?
== Useful links ==
Ladan's podcast: https://neuralimplantpodcast.com/