Elon Musk hasn’t given up on his vision to add a digital layer of intelligence to our brain.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO teased that he may have an announcement about “neural lace,” a concept he first brought up at Vox Media’s Code Conference in June, coming next month on Twitter Wednesday morning.
Musk first described neural lace as a brain-computer system that would link human brains with a computer interface. It would allow humans to achieve “symbiosis with machines” so they could communicate directly with computers without going through a physical interface.
Musk has said a neural lace will help prevent people from becoming “house cats” to artificial intelligence.
Musk has strong opinions about the risk of artificial intelligence, saying it could turn evil and pose a threat to humanity. One time, he went so far as to compare AI to “summoning the demon.”
"I don't love the idea of being a house cat, but what's the solution? I think one of the solutions that seems maybe the best is to add an AI layer," Musk said in June. "A third, digital layer that could work well and symbiotically."
@BelovedRevol Maybe next month
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 25, 2017
In 2015, Musk and Y Combinator's Sam Altman founded OpenAI, a nonprofit with the mission to advance "digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole."
The neural lace concept, which Musk last said he was "making progress" on in August, seems to fit with OpenAI's mission. But we'll have to wait for more details.