Twitter users compare Elon Musk's Neuralink chip to 'Black Mirror'
Twitter users are buzzing over new technology designed by Elon Musk that they say bears resemblance to a device featured on the hit the science-fiction drama, "Black Mirror."
Though $Netflix(NFLX.US$'s dystopian anthology series has been off-the-air since 2019, "Black Mirror" began trending on Twitter on Sunday after users began comparing Musk's Neuralink brain implant chip to a similar device seen in a 2011 episode of the show.
Though $Netflix(NFLX.US$'s dystopian anthology series has been off-the-air since 2019, "Black Mirror" began trending on Twitter on Sunday after users began comparing Musk's Neuralink brain implant chip to a similar device seen in a 2011 episode of the show.
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The comments came after Musk, Neuralink's CEO and co-founder, announced earlier this week that he is hiring a clinical trial director, signaling the company is one step closer to testing the chips in humans. ![]()
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Twitter users began to weigh in on the technology after pop culture media site Pop Crave shared a tweet that referenced remarks made by Musk in a 2020 company presentation.
Twitter users began to weigh in on the technology after pop culture media site Pop Crave shared a tweet that referenced remarks made by Musk in a 2020 company presentation.
"In the future you'll be able to save and replay memories," Musk said in the presentation. "This is increasingly sounding like a 'Black Mirror,' episode ... Ultimately you could download them into a new body or a robot body."
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According to Neuralink, the company's brain-computer interface technology is designed to solve a number of physical limitations, including blindness, paralysis, and hearing loss. Musk previously said the product could allow users to operate a smartphone with their mind faster than using their thumbs.
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