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Musk's Neuralink Implant Solves Tesla Backseat Driving Challenge

Neuralink announced its first successful operation to install the N1 Implant into a human. Unfortunately this achievement is mired in controversy because Neuralink is currently under investigation for its treatment of animals during testing of implants by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)—all of them died during testing. Neuralink claims to have fixed the “animal problem” and jumped right to human clinical trials with approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which apparently was not concerned about or hasn't yet looked at the “animal problem”. The PRIME trial uses a Tesla robot to surgically install the implant and connect the various wires in the brain. The patient, or first unfortunate “human problem”, is said to be recovering well from the procedure. Once the implant is turned on and tested, the Neuralink app, which is available to everyone in the Apple App Store to generate extreme FOMO for the surgery, will be linked to the N1 Implant. The first set of tests for the implant will be tied to Tesla cars. Neuralink's users will be able to drive their Teslas with the power of their mind. Since Tesla Autopilot is hampered by the lack of sensors, high-resolution map data, and poor strategy and execution of autonomous driving, Musk is hoping that Neuralink will be the answer to driving automation. While several Tesla owners have attempted backseat driving and failed, Neuralink will provide easy hands-free driving from the passenger seat or backseat if wanted, or even driving from the trunk if you are unfortunately kidnapped.