Elon's Neuralink clinical trials, Trump beefs with Powell and the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner

The year is 2030 your Neuralink chip calls your Tesla back from an EV charging station and your Optimus robot opens the door for you (chivalry isn’t dead).

This week the pod does a deep dive into Neuralink's technology and how the device is able to decode your brainwaves and send them to a model, which translates them into actions like playing a video game. Neuralink already allows Noland Arbaugh who is paralyzed from the neck down to operate a computer with his mind. 

Elon’s long term vision for the company is that Neuralinks become as common as having an iPhone, and help humans stay competitive in a world of AI by increasing their brain’s output. 

The hosts discuss the recent Neuralink news that has flown surprisingly under the radar: Neuralink is running UK clinical trials and is also developing a smart bionic eye with UCSB to help blind individuals regain sight via a camera-to-brain signal system.

Finally the pod debriefs everything that has happened in the US economy this last week like Trump firing the bureau of labor statistics commissioner because he thought job numbers were too low. They also talk about the takeaways from a spicy Fed rates meeting where two people dissented with Powell on interest rates for the first time since 1993. Finally Maya gives her hot take on why she thinks the dollar is losing value and what that means for the US economy.

00:00 Intro

01:00 Neuralink

32:00 Fed Meeting, Trump fires BLS commissioner