Ready to connect your mind to an AI?
准备将您的思想与AI连接起来吗？
That future may be closer than you think.
那个未来可能比您想象的要近。
Elon Musk’s recent Neuralink presentation gave us a roadmap for connecting (eventually, perhaps merging) our minds with computers — how we can go from science fiction to science fact.
伊隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)最近在Neuralink上发表的演讲为我们提供了将思维与计算机连接(最终可能是合并)的路线图，即我们如何从科幻小说转变为科学事实。
When I last wrote about Neuralink a year ago, I mentioned that Elon’s main goals for the device were to increase the number of neurons that it could read and write, serve unmet medical needs, and to create an installation procedure that was safe and automated.
一年前，当我上次写有关Neuralink的文章时，我提到Elon设备的主要目标是增加其可以读写的神经元数量，满足未满足的医疗需求，并创建安全和自动化的安装程序。
Elon’s most recent update suggests that he is well on his way to achieving these goals.
Elon的最新更新表明他在实现这些目标方面进展顺利。
In this blog, I’ll explore:
在此博客中，我将探讨：
Let’s dive in.
让我们潜入。
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) work by using electronic devices to send signals to the neurons in your brain. Our brains “think” via electricity — vast networks of tiny switches that send signals back and forth in an interwoven dance. For example, this is how hearing aids work.
脑机接口(BCI)通过使用电子设备将信号发送到大脑中的神经元来工作。 我们的大脑通过电“思考” —巨大的微小开关网络，它们以交织的舞蹈来回发送信号。 例如，这就是助听器的工作方式。
Neuralink’s latest device can read an order of magnitude more data. The device can read 1,024 channels, gathering data such as inertial measurements, pressure on the brain, and brain temperature. For comparison, current brain-machine technologies that are medically approved can only read about 100 channels of data.
Neuralink的最新设备可以读取更多数量级的数据。 该设备可以读取1,024个通道，收集惯性测量，大脑压力和大脑温度等数据。 为了进行比较，目前医学上认可的脑机技术只能读取大约100个数据通道。
Elon and the Neuralink team demonstrated this process by showcasing a live pig with a Neuralink chip implanted in its brain. As the pig walked on a treadmill or sniffed hay, a screen displayed live data of every firing event of the neurons inside the pig’s brain.
Elon和Neuralink团队通过展示在其大脑中植入了Neuralink芯片的活猪来展示了这一过程。 当猪在跑步机或干草堆上行走时，屏幕上会显示猪脑内神经元每次触发事件的实时数据。
The highlight of the demonstration was that the live brain signals indicating movement matched almost perfectly the predicted signals.
演示的亮点是，指示运动的活脑信号几乎与预测信号完全匹配。
If we can currently do this with pigs (which from a size and complexity standpoint are excellent human analogs), imagine a future where we can predict and possibly restore motion in people who are paralyzed, or in those who suffer from neurological disorders.
如果我们目前可以用猪做这种事情(从大小和复杂性的角度来看，它们都是出色的人类类似物)，那么请想象一个未来，在这种情况下，我们可以预测并可能恢复瘫痪者或神经系统疾病患者的运动。
Neuralink can also write to neurons. Using an imaging technique called “two-photon microscopy,” the Neuralink team is able to observe bundles of neurons in real time as the device sends electrical signals.
Neuralink还可以写入神经元。 使用称为“双光子显微镜”的成像技术，Neuralink团队可以在设备发送电信号时实时观察神经束。
As Elon pointed out, each electrode can influence between 1,000 and 10,000 neurons. Multiplied by a thousand electrodes, each device can influence 10 million neurons. And with multiple devices, we could begin to influence tens of millions of neurons.
正如Elon所指出的，每个电极可以影响1,000至10,000个神经元。 乘以一千个电极，每个设备可以影响1000万个神经元 。 借助多种设备，我们可以开始影响数千万个神经元 。
You get all that power from a device the size of a coin.
您可以从一枚硬币大小的设备中获得所有能量。
The first generation of Neuralink that Elon presented last year was a simple, behind-the-ear device. But with this new version, Neuralink has evolved from a headset to a chip implanted in the head. Once it’s implanted, there is no way to tell if someone is using a Neuralink — unlike the previous model.
Elon去年推出的第一代Neuralink是一款简单的入耳式设备。 但是有了这个新版本，Neuralink已从头戴式耳机演变为植入头顶的芯片。 一旦植入，就无法判断是否有人在使用Neuralink，这与以前的模型不同。
The chips are called Links, and each one has a diameter of 23mm and a thickness of 8mm. They connect to the brain via tiny wires.
这些芯片称为Links，每个芯片的直径为23mm，厚度为8mm。 它们通过细线连接到大脑。
Neuralink’s goal is to make these chips as easy (and fast) to install as LASIK. Using a robotic surgeon, the procedure is estimated to take under an hour, and won’t require any general anesthesia.
Neuralink的目标是使这些芯片像LASIK一样容易(且快速)安装。 使用机器人外科医生，该过程估计需要不到一个小时，并且不需要任何全身麻醉。
And once implanted, the chip would have a twelve-hour battery before the user would need to wirelessly charge it… just like juicing-up your phone.
植入后，该芯片将拥有十二个小时的电池，然后用户需要对其进行无线充电……就像为手机充水一样。
In the not-too-distant future, devices like Neuralink may be used to cure neuro-degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s Disease, and Parkinson’s. Imagine someone who’s elderly being able to remain sharp and present for decades longer, instead of having their mental faculties eroded by an aging brain.
在不久的将来，可以使用诸如Neuralink之类的设备来治疗神经退行性疾病，例如阿尔茨海默氏病，亨廷顿氏病和帕金森氏病。 想象一下，一个年长的人能够保持敏锐，并能持续数十年 ，而不会因为大脑老化而侵蚀他们的智力。
Or maybe you’ll use your Neuralink App to “get happy” or to enhance meditation or sleep. Maybe you’ll use it to reduce hunger levels, eliminate pain or increase your alertness. After all, it’s all about your neuro-chemistry and once you can dial that up or down, it gives you command override.
或者，也许您将使用您的Neuralink应用程序来“变得快乐”或增强冥想或睡眠。 也许您将使用它来减少饥饿感，消除痛苦或提高警觉性。 毕竟，这与您的神经化学有关，一旦您可以向上或向下拨动它，它就会为您提供命令覆盖。
Other possibilities? What about telepathy between yourself and someone else with a Neuralink implant? Or the ability to google by thinking? Or ultimately, the ability to interface with a remote robot (avatar), moving its limbs by thinking, and sensing what it touches…
还有其他可能性吗？ 那你和Neuralink植入物之间的心灵感应又如何呢？ 还是可以通过思考来搜索Google？ 或最终具有与远程机器人(化身)交互，通过思考移动肢体并感知其触摸的能力……
As Elon noted in his presentation, the success of rudimentary methods such as deep brain stimulation gives us reason to believe that this next generation of BCIs will have ever-more effective medical applications.
正如Elon在演讲中所指出的那样，诸如深部脑刺激之类的基本方法的成功使我们有理由相信，下一代BCI将在医学上得到越来越有效的应用。
In a supportive nod to these impressive possibilities, the US FDA recently gave Neuralink its Breakthrough Device Designation.
为了支持这些令人印象深刻的可能性，美国FDA最近授予Neuralink突破性设备称号。
In a world with advancing AI, the best choice for humans is to become symbiotic with machines. Not humans versus AI, but humans working with AI.
在AI不断发展的世界中，人类的最佳选择是与机器共生。 不是人类与 AI而是人类与 AI合作。
As I wrote about in The Future is Faster, connecting our minds to machines will not be business as usual. It will represent a radical shift in our ability to communicate, think, and work.
正如我在《更快的未来》中所写的那样，将我们的思想与机器联系起来将不会像往常一样。 这将代表我们交流，思考和工作能力的根本转变。
Imagine connecting your mind to the cloud. Suddenly, the entirety of human knowledge is accessible in an instant. With this ability, what kinds of novel and profound theories and innovations will emerge? What new businesses will we create?
想象一下将您的思想连接到云。 突然之间，整个人类知识便立即可用。 有了这种能力，将会出现什么样的新颖而深刻的理论和创新？ 我们将创建哪些新业务？
Now imagine that billions of people have this ability.
现在想象一下， 数十亿人拥有这种能力。
We’re paving the way for what could be the most historic acceleration of progress and technological innovation in history.
我们为历史上最先进的进步和技术创新铺平了道路。
The future of BCIs is exponential and accelerating.
BCI的未来是指数级的并且正在加速。
My friend and mentor Ray Kurzweil predicts that we’ll seamlessly connect our brains to the cloud by 2035.
我的朋友和导师Ray Kurzweil预测，到2035年，我们将把大脑无缝连接到云。
Elon’s progress with Neuralink seems to make this prediction more of a possibility. He acknowledged that a key objective of his presentation was to inspire the next generation engineers, entrepreneurs, and scientists to join him in creating the future of BCIs.
Elon与Neuralink的合作似乎使这种预测更有可能。 他承认演讲的主要目的是激发下一代工程师，企业家和科学家与他一起创造BCI的未来。
If you’re an ambitious entrepreneur interested in this field and excited by the progress we’ve made so far, there’s no better time than the present to get involved.
如果您是一位对这个领域感兴趣的雄心勃勃的企业家，并且对我们迄今为止取得的进展感到兴奋，那么没有比现在更好的参与时间了。
And if this is a topic that interests you, consider joining me in my exponential mastermind group ( Abundance360 )… We’ll be covering this topic in the coming months.
如果这是您感兴趣的主题，请考虑加入我的指数策划团队( Abundance360 )中……在接下来的几个月中，我们将讨论这个主题。
Originally published at https://www.diamandis.com.
最初在 https://www.diamandis.com上 发布 。
翻译自: https://medium.com/@PeterDiamandis/neuralink-an-ai-mind-merger-f375e83cf081
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