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Neuralink in the short term is just about solving brain injuries, spinal injuries and that kind of thing,” he said. “So for many years, Neuralink’s products will just be helpful to someone who has lost the use of their arms or legs or has just a traumatic brain injury of some kind.”
Notably, Musk himself doesn’t seem to want to live forever — nor does he endorse the idea for anyone else. “I don’t think we should try to have people live for a really long time,” he said. “That would cause asphyxiation of society because the truth is, most people don’t change their mind. They just die. So if they don’t die, we will be stuck with old ideas and society wouldn’t advance.”
If mind uploading does become possible within the relatively near future, there’s some speculation in the Musk household as to who’d want to try it: In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Musk’s co-parent and ex-partner Grimes identified Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos as someone who “is gonna be a cymek.”
Bezos, 58, has not publicly expressed any interest in such technology, though he does have a track record of investing in longevity and anti-aging research. He did not immediately respond to CNBC Make It’s request for comment.