Elon Musk is CEO of Neuralink, SpaceX, Tesla, xAI and CTO of X. DJ Seo is COO and president of Neuralink. Matthew MacDougall is chief neurosurgeon at Neuralink. Bliss Chapman is Brain Interface Software Lead at Neuralink. Noland Arbaugh is the first human to have a Neuralink device implanted in his brain.

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*EPISODE LINKS:*
Neuralink's X: https://x.com/neuralink
Neuralink website: https://neuralink.com/
Elon's X: https://x.com/elonmusk
DJs
Matthew's X: https://x.com/matthewmacdoug4
Bliss's
Noland's X: https://x.com/ModdedQuad
xAI: https://x.com/xai
Tesla: https://x.com/tesla
Tesla Optimus: https://x.com/tesla_optimus
Tesla AI: https://x.com/Tesla_AI

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*OVERVIEW:*
0:00 – Introduction
0:49 – Elon Musk
4:06 – Telepathy
10:45 – The power of the human spirit
15:12 – Future of Neuralink
20:27 – Ayahuasca
29:57 – Merge with AI
34:44 – xAI
36:57 – Optimus
43:47 – Elon's approach to problem solving
1:01:23 – History and geopolitics
1:05:53 – Lessons from history
1:10:12 – Collapse of empires
1:17:55 – Time
1:20:37 – Aliens and curiosity
1:28:12 – DJ Seo
1:36:20 – Neural matter
1:43:03 – History of the brain-computer interface
1:51:07 – Biophysics of neural interfaces
2:01:36 – How Neuralink works
2:07:26 – Lex with Neuralink implant
2:27:24 – Digital telepathy
2:38:27 – Withdrawn discussions
2:44:01 – Vertical integration
2:50:55 – Safety
3:00:50 – Upgrades
3:09:53 – Future possibilities
3:39:09 – Matthew MacDougall
3:44:58 – Neuroscience
3:52:07 – Neurosurgery
4:03:11 – Neuralink operation
4:22:20 – Details of the brain surgery
4:38:03 – Implanting Neuralink into yourself
4:53:57 – Life and death
5:03:17 – Consciousness
5:06:11 – Bliss Chapman
5:19:27 – Neural signal
5:26:19 – Latency
5:30:59 – Neuralink app
5:35:40 – Intention versus action
5:46:54 – Calibration
5:56:26 – Web grid
6:19:28 – Neural decoder
6:40:03 – Future improvements
6:48:59 – Noland Arbaugh
6:49:08 – Become paralyzed
7:02:43 – First human participant in Neuralink
7:06:45 – Day of surgery
7:24:31 – Moving mouse with brain
7:49:50 – Web grid
7:57:52 – Withdrawn discussions
8:06:16 – App improvements
8:13:01 – Gaming
8:23:59 – Future Neuralink capabilities
8:26:55 – Controlling Optimus robot
8:31:16 – Allah
8:33:21 – Hope

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