The short version

Elon Musk predicted on August 28, 2019: “Neuralink will have solved [high data-rate brain-machine interface] within a few years. The first humans could receive an implant as early as 2020.” Verdict: Called it. Delayed. First human implant January 28, 2024 (Noland Arbaugh, per Neuralink FDA approval Nov 2023).

Prediction by

Elon Musk

On August 28, 2019

“Neuralink will have solved [high data-rate brain-machine interface] within a few years. The first humans could receive an implant as early as 2020.”

Follow-up

Delayed. First human implant January 28, 2024 (Noland Arbaugh, per Neuralink FDA approval Nov 2023).

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