Elon Musk’s Neuralink posts video showing monkey playing pong with its mind

The narrator in the video explains that this 9-year-old macaque monkey, Pager, had a Neuralink implanted about six weeks before the video was shot.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a company that focuses on developing brain-machine interfaces, has posted a YouTube video which shows a monkey navigating an on-screen cursor using only its mind. The monkey can also be seen playing pong with its mind. The narrator in the video explains that this 9-year-old macaque monkey, Pager, had a Neuralink implanted about six weeks before the video was shot. The incredible video shows Pager playing a video game using a joystick for a banana smoothie reward, delivered through a metal straw. As the monkey plays the game, the Neuralink device recorded some information. This included details about which neurons were firing. Apparently, it allows the device to learn and predict hand movements by recording which regions fired. One the process was over, the joystick was disconnected from the computer but the monkey continued to play the game using his mind. Yes, Pager played a game pong with no joystick whatsoever.