{"id":114316,"date":"2023-09-25T16:43:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T20:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=114316"},"modified":"2023-10-02T15:54:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T19:54:23","slug":"elon-musk-ai-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/elon-musk-ai-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk&#8217;s AI Projects &#038; Starship Take Us Into the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What&#8217;s Elon Musk doing in the field of artificial intelligence? What&#8217;s next for SpaceX?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biographer Walter Isaacson details the companies under Elon Musk that are working hard to constantly push technology forward. Isaacson contends that Musk still views bringing about a positive future for humanity as his primary mission in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read on to learn about Elon Musk&#8217;s AI projects\u2014specifically Neuralink and Optimus\u2014as well as SpaceX\u2019s Starship rocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-musk-and-the-future\">Musk and the Future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Elon Musk&#8217;s AI projects and SpaceX efforts aim to achieve a positive future for humanity. To this end, his teams have been developing computer chips to enhance human brains, AI-driven robots to perform manual labor, and a spacecraft capable of taking astronauts to Mars. Let&#8217;s take a look at each of these projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Neuralink<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2012, Musk began to ponder the threats represented by unchecked artificial intelligence. To keep AI aligned with human values and progress, and so it can enhance us rather than replace us, Musk created <strong>Neuralink, a company to research and design computer chips to directly connect the human mind to computers.<\/strong> Isaacson explains that the immediate benefits would be to help people with neurological disorders regain control of their bodies. However, Neuralink\u2019s end goal is still to create a seamless mind-machine interface so that AI can add to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/human-consciousness\/\">human consciousness<\/a>. As of 2023, thanks to its progress\u2014such as <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2rXrGH52aoM?feature=shared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">enabling a macaque to play video games with its mind<\/a>\u2014Neuralink\u2019s technology has been approved for human trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: As impressive as Neuralink\u2019s accomplishments are, they aren\u2019t the only bioscience company working toward a brain-computer interface (BCI). In 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2021\/07\/28\/synchron-elon-musk-neuralink-fda-trial-brain-computer-implant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Synchron Inc.<\/a> received FDA approval to perform human trials ahead of Neuralink reaching that goal. In 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/record-set-for-implantable-brain-tech-blackrock-neurotech-celebrates-30-000-patient-days-301576994.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blackrock Neurotech<\/a> reported that it had reached 30,000 days of having its devices implanted in patients to research their effectiveness. In 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/06\/23\/precision-a-neuralink-competitor-conducts-its-first-clinical-study.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Precision Neuroscience<\/a> began using BCIs to map the human brain itself. Though Musk is an active participant in this race, as Isaacson makes clear, many other businesses and researchers are working to push the technology further.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Optimus<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Another AI-based project that Musk has taken on is <strong>the Optimus project to build human-friendly robots capable of performing any physical task.<\/strong> Isaacson says that Musk sees such robots as a benefit to society\u2014they could remove the drudgery of human labor, allowing people to spend their time pursuing educational and creative projects. By giving AI a physical presence, rather than disembodied language programs such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-can-you-do-with-chatgpt\/\">ChatGPT<\/a>, Musk believes humanoid robots are a necessary step in the next level of AI development, one that will align AI\u2019s interests with those of the physical world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: As with Neuralink and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-neuralink-technology\/\">brain-computer interfaces<\/a>, Tesla\u2019s Optimus is far from the only humanoid robot currently in development. Another is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hansonrobotics.com\/sophia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hanson Robotics\u2019 Sophia<\/a>, which incorporates advances in language learning and emotional perception as well as articulated motion. <a href=\"https:\/\/bostondynamics.com\/atlas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Boston Dynamics\u2019 Atlas<\/a>, while deviating from a strictly human form, displays a wide range of athletic abilities and agile motion in real-world environments. Though the early Optimus models that Isaacson describes weren\u2019t as jaw-dropping as some of Musk\u2019s competitors, demonstrations in 2023 show <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2023\/05\/16\/tesla-bot-sideshow-new-footage-robots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">great improvement in Optimus\u2019s design<\/a>, especially in terms of hand articulation and environmental perception.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Starship<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, Musk has never wanted to be stuck in only one world. Colonizing Mars has always been his highest goal, and the next step in achieving that ambition is <strong>SpaceX\u2019s Starship rocket, a reusable spacecraft larger than the Saturn V<\/strong> that launched Apollo to the moon. The first Starship test flight took place in April 2023. The rocket cleared the launchpad and almost made it into space before an engine problem aborted the mission. Isaacson makes it clear that Musk and his staff didn\u2019t see this as a failure but as a learning success. Data taken from this initial flight will be used to improve future Starship rockets, perhaps one day sending astronauts back to the moon and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Isaacson illustrates that, when it comes to testing new projects, Musk prefers to try and try again as quickly as his teams can prepare them. In the case of Starship, Musk\u2019s major hurdles are regulatory instead of technical. After the first Starship test exploded, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestreet.com\/technology\/elon-musk-is-frustrated-about-a-major-spacex-roadblock-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SpaceX faced a milieu of routine evaluations<\/a> by a variety of government agencies. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Federal Aviation Administration<\/a> wrapped up its findings in September 2023, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">US Fish and Wildlife Service<\/a> had not yet completed its review of the Starship launch\u2019s environmental impact. Musk, of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/23\/09\/34776307\/elon-musk-expresses-frustration-at-fish-and-wildlife-agency-induced-delay-in-starships-second-flight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voiced impatience on Twitter<\/a>, since the Starship itself was ready to fly.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s Elon Musk doing in the field of artificial intelligence? What&#8217;s next for SpaceX? Biographer Walter Isaacson details the companies under Elon Musk that are working hard to constantly push technology forward. 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