Valery Feigin: AUT Neuroscientist on the risks of Elon Musk's Neuralink brain chips
The Mike Hosking Breakfast · Newstalk ZB
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Doctors are warning of the risks of implanted chips after Elon Musk's company Neuralink claims to have successfully implanted a device in someone's brain.
The tech billionaire says the patient is recovering well and wants to continue work on the project to connect human brains to computers and tackle neurological conditions.
But AUT Neuroscientist Valery Feigin told Mike Hosking that it's risky.
He says it's easy for bleeding and infection to occur.
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