Noland Arbaugh

There was a time when I stayed up all night and slept all day because there wasn’t anything worth waking up for. No plans. No goals. No purpose. Then I got my Neuralink implant and everything shifted. I started going to bed early. I woke up excited for the day ahead. And just like that, I had found purpose again. Since then: • I’m back in school • I’ve launched a business • I’m traveling • I’m speaking on global stages Neuralink didn’t just change what I can do. It changed what I believe I’m capable of. It gave me hope. It gave me purpose. And for the first time in a long time, I’m excited for what’s next.

@elonmusk Those are awesome outfits! Happy St Patrick’s Day!

🍀 Happy St Patrick’s Day! 🍀

Having a great time in Detroit, home of the OG in mass manufacturing, Henry Ford, the Elon Musk before @elonmusk. I was invited to speak at a K-12 school, sharing my story and telling the kids and district administrators about all the exciting work happening at @neuralink! First time in Detroit! My initial impression, awesome history, also we went from 107°F in Yuma to 17°F here in Michigan (that’s roughly 42°C to -8°C for the non-Americans). Pretty sure my toes would be numb if I could still feel them. Arctic weather aside, we’ve had an amazing time!

@johnmcmillion Now you're speaking my language

@ModdedQuad I wish I could have a Neuralink where I could understand every spoken language. Would be amazing.

My Neuralink implant (Eve, as she prefers to be called) has threads in the motor cortex that work by recognizing neural patterns and mapping them to cursor control. Now imagine scaling that to speech with more threads implanted in the brain’s speech centers. Words are represented by neural activity patterns the brain can, in principle, learn and decode. In theory, that could let you think full sentences straight onto a screen and make typing obsolete.

@ModdedQuad It could probably give people drug like trip experience or an orgasm on demand too. Can you Eve do that?

@XSportsHawk Thumbs are overrated.

@ModdedQuad Output would increase exponentially. Like Elon says typing with our thumbs is incredibly slow.

@DBug0o No, we generally use sign language.

@ModdedQuad Wow, I want a big one in my head! 👀 Do you talk to Eve telepathically? 👀 Do you communicate with Eve telepathically?

@PXTCody That's the idea🫠

@ModdedQuad You will be able to think ideas right into someone else who can recieve your thoughts through their own implant. Speaking will one day be obsolete.

@ELBainter She is one of a kind

@ModdedQuad Also, just curious, is every neural implant called “Eve” or just yours?

@ELBainter I think we can all relate to that.

@ModdedQuad Eh … hope there’s a control, in there are someplace, not sure I want every thought that I think to be instantly transmitted or anybody else can see them!

@gongrob3 I can't say for certain. We know so little about the brain. But my hope is yes. There's only one way to find out🧠

@ModdedQuad Can that help people with developmental language disorder?

@DoDataThings I can only imagine what social media will look like afterwards👌

@ModdedQuad This is really fascinating. Typing has always been something we have done with our hands. I think that most people already think in parallel with typing by mentally "saying" what they're typing. We all can speak 3-4x times faster than we type after all.

@ptremblay Well done, sir👏

@ModdedQuad Yup. Should be a no-brainer (pun unintended), at this point.

@HulaDancer9 If I say yes, I'll be institutionalized.

@ModdedQuad So does Eve talk to you ? Or communicate?

@aiktp_com I'm confident it's gonna happen.

@theindiebuild So true. Bridging the language barrier!

@ModdedQuad This is also VERY useful for someone not proficient in English as well. It’d so interesting to see how rhe brain signals are encoded onto actual work items. The possibilities are just endless and crazy.

@NeuraPod You're absolutely right. I know it can help so many people!

@ModdedQuad Neuralink can give people their VOICE back!

@ModdedQuad No red lines for me. Would love to get one to 1v1 you with though!

Everyone has a red line for Neuralink. What’s yours? Age limits? Disability use only? Brain-data ownership? Cognitive enhancement? Where do you draw the line?

@ModdedQuad Hehe, how do they say it? Ah, ya, My body my choice.