Gehirnforschung: „Das wäre eine der größten Entdeckungen der Menschheit“
Mit ihrem Start-up Inbrain entwickelt Carolina Aguilar Hirn-Computer-Schnittstellen – ähnlich wie Sam Altman und Elon Musk. Im Interview sagt sie, ihr Traum sei gar größer als der von Musk.
Brain researcher Maria Aguilar is working on Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI), direct connections between the brain and computers. This technology promises to fundamentally change our understanding of the brain. What are the biggest mysteries? Currently, we know very little about the brain. We have only deciphered the brain of a zebrafish, which contains around 100,000 neurons, while the human brain has 100 billion neurons.
The brain is crucial for our existence: losing it means losing our sense of self, and life becomes practically meaningless, as in Alzheimer's disease. Elon Musk's Neuralink aims to store and play back memories, while OpenAI CEO Sam Altman founded Merge Labs, believing that merging with artificial intelligence is humanity's best chance to compete with superintelligent systems.
Do you embrace these dreams or distance yourself from them? Our dream is as big, or bigger, than Musk's. We aim to teach the nervous system to repair itself – a breakthrough that would benefit one in three people suffering from neurological disorders. Even billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates have invested in BCI companies, recognizing the immense potential of deciphering and treating the brain as one of humanity's greatest discoveries.
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