Elon Musk: “If there's any sense or brain injury, in principle, that…”

“So this would greatly improve communication and understanding between humans. You've mentioned restoring vision and mobility, but the idea of writing to the brain and hearing too. Sorry. So it's like basically, If there's any sense or brain injury, in principle, that sensory function or that brain injury can be solved with a neural link. So that includes hearing, sight, smell. I don't know, people lost their sense of smell. But feeling, it could be like if somebody has a stroke and they've lost the ability to move their arm, a neural link could restore that ability.” (44:34–44:47)

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