Elon Musk’s Neuralink implants brain chip in human: Four biblical responses
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🗓️ 1 February 2024
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Elon Musk announced that his brain chip start-up Neuralink has implanted a device in its first live human subject. The quarter-sized chip is designed to interpret a person’s neural activity so they can control external devices with their thoughts. Is this a good thing? Let’s look at how medical ethicists consider the topic and then take four biblical steps.
Author: Jim Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | Good day and welcome to the Daily Article Podcast. Today is Thursday, February 1st, |
| 0:07.0 | 2024. I'm Chris Elkins, narrating today's article written by Denison Forum co-founder and CEO, |
| 0:13.9 | Dr. Jim Denison. Imagine reading or listening to this article by controlling your technology |
| 0:20.7 | with just your thoughts. |
| 0:22.6 | No more keyboards or touch screens. |
| 0:24.6 | You could even control a video game with your mind. |
| 0:27.6 | The stuff of science fiction? |
| 0:29.6 | Actually, it's now science fact. |
| 0:32.6 | But is this a good thing? |
| 0:34.6 | Elon Musk announced this week that his brain chip startup, Neurilink, |
| 0:39.8 | has implanted a device in its first live human subject. |
| 0:43.8 | The quarter-sized chip is designed to interpret a person's neural activity |
| 0:48.7 | so they can control external devices with their thoughts. |
| 0:52.2 | The chip is currently in clinical trials open to patients who |
| 0:55.8 | have quadriplegia due to ALS or spinal cord injury. I serve as resident scholar for ethics with a |
| 1:02.7 | Christian health care system. In this context, I can tell you that medical ethicists consider |
| 1:08.6 | topics like today's conversation in light of four factors. |
| 1:13.2 | Benevolence. |
| 1:14.3 | The obligation to act for the benefit of the patient. |
| 1:18.5 | Non-Malificence. |
| 1:20.1 | The obligation not to harm the patient. |
| 1:23.5 | Autonomy. |
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