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An Update On The First Neuralink Patient

Nearly a month after Elon himself Neuralink implanted a chip into a man’s brain, we finally have an update on how that brave soul is doing.

On an X Space, Elon claimed that not only is the man fully recovered, but that he can now move a mouse around the screen simply by thinking.

The result is something that looks like this:

Obviously, the memes basically write themselves:

Seriously though, this would be a big accomplishment, even if other brain chips have accomplished similar feats before.

Unfortunately, Neuralink hasn’t officially confirmed Elon’s claims. So we’ll just have to wait a bit longer to find out if we’ll all be cyborgs soon.

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