clicking here<\/a>,<\/a> or if you happen to have a Wall Street Journal subscription, read the story that broke the news to the internet directly from there. <\/p>Recently, on reddit, Elon Musk revealed that he got at least 6 hours of sleep every night without fail. Now it might amaze many of us, how this man, between planning to colonise Mars, commercialising Space Travel and running an electric vehicle empire got the time to plan for the human brain interfacing with computers, but that's just who he is. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1490702341302","data":"58da5153d3352"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1490702614693","data":"
The name of the device neural lace is borrowed straight from Iain M Banks, a world renowned Science Fiction author, in his books where it allows the user to interface directly with the AI, and if the user of a neural lace died, they could be simply restored from the previous backup. <\/p>
While we are sure Elon Musk is not seeking immortality just yet, we might get close to it, hence the references to Ghost in the Shell. Now, you may be wondering what is in it for students? <\/p>
1. New Jobs! <\/b><\/p>
Elon Musk says the technology was a good 5 to 6 years away from implementation, but until then intense research and development will go into this futuristic technology. Which means new jobs, from software programming, to hardware where you can be the engineer behind the latest advancement in the tech. Of course it goes without saying that applying here will be open only to the best of the best, these are unknown waters, and only the brightest will get through and finish their research. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1490703008544","data":"58da531c47d28"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1490703072055","data":"
2. A chance to witness future first hand <\/b><\/p>
We don't really let it on, but the advancement in technologies we've made over the last 50 years are incredible, talk to your parents about how things were in the 70s, 60s, and how they are now. Today we are talking about commercial space travel and making electric cars cool and likeable, and while there are many people working towards the goal of a safer future, Elon Musk is the very public face of the movement. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1490703268255","data":"58da53e7a423f"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1490703275265","data":"
3. New topics to research, and not just for science students <\/b><\/p>
One of the biggest reasons Ghost in the Shell (1995) was such a significant movie was because it dealt with extremely complex themes over it's run time. The movie has layers upon layers of questions, the deeper you dig, the more clearly you see what a brilliant masterpiece of a movie it was. It deals with themes of cartesian duality, shame, life and death, birth, reproduction, and a plethora others I could keep on naming, but time is of the essence. <\/p>
The point I'm making is, while science students can bring us advancements into this technology, humanities will help us understand it better, the morality behind the technology, dealing with potential misuse and much more. I really cannot explain this to the layman, one must watch Ghost in the Shell and understand the movie to understand what Elon Musk's new startup is going to bring to us. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1490703640092","data":"58da5584648ec"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1490703691316","data":"
4. A chance to help change the world forever <\/b><\/p>
Building upon over a decade of work put in by Brain Computer Interfaces, Elon Musk's idea will be the cutting edge of this technology, and it can help people suffering from brain diseases, people affected by disabilities and more. Soon, and by soon I mean anytime in the next decade, maybe longer, people might be able to get over their blindness, speech disabilities, and even, maybe, in the future, live forever in a computer. The possibilities are endless. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1490704099322","data":"58da578ad78ac"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1490704205600","data":"
5. Understanding Elon Musk's Vision <\/b><\/p>
Musk believes that this is the future of mankind, because eventually when AIs become prominent, they will be faster and more intelligent than mankind, which will put us at a disadvantage, leading us to becoming second class citizens, should anything untoward happen. It is for this reason, he encourages the human to computer interfacing. He said, \"The best outcome between machines and humankind would be a collective lifestyle where we are the AI'<\/p>
Whether the dangers of AI will come to pass or not remains to be seen, until then, we have people like Elon Musk preparing us for the future. The question is, will humanity listen? <\/p>"}]