Moravec‘s Paradox

Matjaz Slanic/Getty By Donna Lu Artificial intelligence has passed a classic theory of mind test used with chimpanzees. The test probes the ability to perceive the world from the view of another individual and so AIs with this skill could be better at coope…

Analysis Silicon Valley bad boy Elon Musk's grand plan to build brain-machine interfaces to "achieve a symbiosis with artificial intelligence" is obviously more science fiction than fact at the moment. If you missed the presentation from Musk's latest compan…

Elon Musk is arguably not only one of the worlds greatest omnidisciplinary visionaries, but he is also an extraordinary doer who has moved the needle of what is humanly possible in the 21st century.  Musk sets the bar high as the founder of SpaceX and The Bor…

Elon Musk ASSOCIATED PRESS Elon Musk said startup Neuralink, which aims to build a scalable implant to connect human brains with computers, has already implanted chips in rats and plans to test its brain-machine interface in humans within two years, with a …

In addition to electric cars, road trips to Mars, and strange Twitter behavior, Elon Musk is also known for a new biotech company called Neuralink, which aims to connect human brains to computers. The company just held a presentation where several execs, inc…

Neuralink plans to test its brain machine interface technology with four of its N1 chips installed under patients' skin. Neuralink; Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET Neuralink, Elon Musk's startup that's trying to directly link brains and computers, has …

Venture capitalists are the startup experts, the ones who have their finger on the pulse of which fledgling companies will boom and which will bust. As part of Business Insider Primes comprehensive coverage of the startups that will strike gold in 2019, we a…

Venture capitalists are the startup experts, the ones who have their finger on the pulse of which fledgling companies will boom and which will bust. As part of Business Insider Primes comprehensive coverage of the startups that will strike gold in 2019, we a…

Elon Musk expects to begin planting chips into human brains as early as next year, Business Insider reports. The Tesla CEO revealed the plans during a livestream earlier this week, stating that his neurotechnology startup Neuralink hopes to have its first hu…

The startup unveiled a sewing machine-like robot used to implant ultrafine flexible electrodes deep into the brain to detect neuron activity, during an event in San Francisco yesterday evening. We told you so: It pretty much went as wed predicted. (You can r…