Kayla Kayden: Elon Musk, a South African billionaire who founded a company, is competing to be the first person to receive the contentious Neuralink brain implant from Kayla Kayden, an adult film actress and Playboy model.
The Sun reports that the 35-year-old model has consented to have the chip implanted in her cranium as a volunteer. Human trials of the chip are expected to commence within the next six years; thus far, it has only been applied to patients with severe paralysis and monkeys.
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Kayla Kayden offers to serve as a “guinea pig” for Neuralink.
Playboy model @KaylaKayden will be the first person to have Elon Musk’s Neuralink chip implanted in her brain 🧠 pic.twitter.com/8VpDClngxZ
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Kayden informed The Sun that she will not be compensated monetarily for her participation in the experiments, as he volunteered to be a “human guinea pig.” Furthermore, she compares the act of donning the chip to “using Botox for the brain.”
Similar to how Botox is applied to the face, this device would be utilized to treat the brain. The prospect of my brain withering will be nonexistent; in fact, the possibilities would be boundless as a hybrid human.
The Neuralink controversy surrounding testing
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In September, a WIRED investigation revealed the grisly fates of the monkeys used to test Neuralink brain implants, despite Musk’s public claims that no monkeys were harmed during trials.
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If the device proves effective, it is anticipated that individuals afflicted with neurodegenerative disorders including paralysis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, deafness, and blindness will experience an enhancement in their quality of life.
However, Neuralink’s chip is a subject of controversy due to allegations of fraud and animal maltreatment during its initial trials, which resulted in the deaths of twelve monkeys.
