Watch Elon Musk's Neuralink monkey play video games with his brain

Pager the nine-year-old macaque can now play Pong thanks to a Neuralink implanted in each side of his brain.

[Elmatador]

It's all fun and games until they decode his thoughts "I've tricked these humans into giving me a never ending supply of fruit smoothie"

[TheBigRagooDOTcom]

Enjoy life as we know it. Things are about to get weird

[thebatman]

2021: Aw the chimp is playing Pong 😊

2031: Monkey Youtubers doing Demon Souls speedruns 😮

[tsviii]

That image of suckling a computer for sustenance is terrifying actually

[misfit]

Its all fun and games until he starts writing words with his brain

[AstinelPGR]

Monke is already a gamer at first test. Imagine getting 360 no scoped by xXOgga BoggaXx.

[Brahbrahbrah]

I don’t want to be on this Planet anymore

[RHYSCO]

And then all the monkeys died and everyone remembered this is a horrible idea

[jatinG]

Can't wait for pager to have a twitch, and youtube gaming channel

[dreamgames]

It’s all fun and games until he starts controlling attack drones.

[lopezfamiliy]

This monke is not just better at pong than me, he is doing it with his mind.

[dead]

Replace the smoothie with money, and you got yourself a modern human.

[jerry]

This is it, this is the beginning of a new timeline

[tiberiusgracchus]

Being a jazz musician I want to have a Neuralink in my head that decodes the music I'm hearing in my mind and outputs it to an instrument. You could have a group of musicians jam out by just sitting there thinking the music. That's going to be far out man.

[hocinelastrophile]

Monkeys in 2050s: It's your boy MonkeyD336 backk with another stream!

[Tazi_]

imagine going on a tf2 server and just hearing monkey noises in someones mic

[PeterMasalski]

Coming up next:

Monkey beats SL1 Dark souls without dying...

[jns]

Luke Skywalker’s hand seems plausible within a few years

[pwiankota]

Plot Twist: Elon is playing pong on his phone and sharing the screen 😂

[zeimalovail]

20 years ago my grandfather asked me if i was playing the game or the game was playing was right all along..