Neuralink Brain Chips Will Make Phones Obsolete, Says Elon Musk

Musk's post was a reply to an AI-generated image of Musk holding a phone by @iamnot_elon, featuring a neural network design on his forehead.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has envisioned a future where Neuralink's brain chips will render phones obsolete. In response to a post on X, formerly Twitter, Musk remarked, "In the future, there will be no phones, just Neuralinks.” As the CEO of Neuralink, Musk is at the forefront of developing this brain chip technology. The company has already begun its initial human trials, with 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh participating.

Musk's post was a reply to an AI-generated image of Musk holding a phone by @iamnot_elon, featuring a neural network design on his forehead. The image on X was captioned, "Would you install a Neuralink interface in your brain to control your new X phone by thought?"

In the future, there will be no phones, just Neuralinks, Musk responded to the post, which was from his parody account.

Notably, Arbaugh, the first human to receive a Neuralink brain implant, revealed that he "cried a little bit" upon discovering a malfunction with the device, a report by news agency Bloomberg said last month. Speaking to Bloomberg, Arbaugh recounted that he became aware of the issue several weeks after the implantation in January. The 29-year-old observed a delay between his thoughts and the movement of the computer cursor. Neuralink informed him that the device's wires, or "threads," had detached from his brain.

"At first, they didn't know how serious it would be or a ton about it. It was really hard to hear. I thought I'd gotten to use it for maybe a month, and then my journey was coming to an end," Arbaugh was quoted as saying.

Meanwhile, Musk's Neuralink is now looking for a second participant for its clinical trials. This individual will also use the brain chip to control their computer and phone with their mind.

Te announcement was made by Musk on X: "Neuralink is accepting applications for the second participant. Our Telepathy cybernetic brain implant enables you to control your phone and computer just by thinking."