Should we be glad? Elon Musk’s company Neuralink says it has succeeded in giving a patient a brain implant. It could be the first step towards a bright new future for humanity.
Dawn of the cyborg as Musk puts chip in brain
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Neural - Relating to the nerves.
Ecuador - A country in South America.
Elon Musk - A South African-born entrepreneur whose companies have included the online payment service PayPal. He now controls Twitter, renamed 'X'.
Microchip - A very small piece of material containing electric circuits that hold lots of information.
Schizophrenia - A mental illness often accompanied by delusions and hallucinations. The term derives from two Greek words meaning "divided" and "mind".