From the VivaTech show in Paris, Elon Musk announces that he wants to endow a human with brain implants and refuses Twitter censorship

Provide a human with neural implants this year and not censor Twitter: with these announcements, Elon Musk held his rank as a world star of tech in front of 3,600 fans, Friday June 16, in Paris. For two hours at the Dôme de Paris, guest of the VivaTech show, the billionaire, who also owns SpaceX, stuck to his image as an unapologetic visionary.

Elon Musk has said he wants to equip a first human being with neural implants in 2023 from his company Neuralink, which has just obtained authorization to carry out tests in the United States. “Later this year, we will do our first human chip implant, for someone who has a form of quadriplegia”, he launched. The purpose of these brain chips is to make brains and computers communicate directly, to help people who are paralyzed or suffering from neurological diseases.

Not a word about a Tesla factory in France

During his show, in front of an overheated room, the billionaire also defended a Twitter free of all censorship and considered that artificial intelligence risked triggering a “apocalypse” for Humanity. Positions that this libertarian has already repeated many times. “If we’re hit by an AI-triggered apocalypse, I think I’d still like to be alive then”he smiled.

However, he did not mention the Tesla factory of which the Elysee Palace dreams for France, despite a meeting with Emmanuel Macron at midday. However, he had promised in May, at the “Chose France” show, that the electric car manufacturer would “significant investments” in the country. “Let’s work together”, nevertheless tweeted in English the head of state after their meeting, at the very moment when the American leader started at his conference.