"Speaking by video link at an event in Israel this week, as spotted by MarketWatch, Musk complained that his brain-computer interface company Neuralink doesn't get the credit it deserves. "Restoring control of people who are tetraplegics and restoring sight I think are pretty big deals," Musk boasted. "They're sort of what I might call Jesus-level technologies.""
"To be clear, Neuralink offers a brain implant with comparable functionality to many others on the market, allowing users to carry out routine computing tasks like typing and moving a mouse cursor using mental cues. That's certainly pretty cool, but the New Testament of the Bible describes Jesus as the literal son of God who performs extraordinary miracles such as healing a paralyzed man, restoring sight to the blind, and even bringing a dead person back to life."
"It's true that Musk has hyped up the possibility of restoring vision to the blind and movement to the paralyzed through future Neuralink tech, but the company has yet to show any evidence of those type of breakthroughs. And we're not aware of any plans by the billionaire to bring the dead back to life. The falls into is a long pattern of braggadocio by the world's wealthiest man, who often makes bombastic claims that elevate his actual accomplishments into outrageous mythmaking."
Elon Musk criticized Neuralink for not receiving enough credit. He said restoring control for tetraplegics and restoring sight are major achievements and compared them to Jesus-level technologies. Neuralink is described as a brain implant enabling routine computing tasks such as typing and moving a mouse cursor through mental cues. The comparison is framed against biblical accounts of Jesus performing miracles including healing paralysis, restoring sight, and raising the dead. The piece notes that Musk has hyped future possibilities for vision and movement but that Neuralink has not shown evidence of such breakthroughs. It also states there are no known plans to bring the dead back to life, and characterizes Musk’s remarks as part of a pattern of exaggerated claims.
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