Neuralink: "Blindsight" Cortical Implant

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Brain implants to restore sight, like Neuralink’s Blindsight, face a fundamental problem − more pixels don’t ensure better vision

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Elon Musk recently announced that the next Neuralink project will be a “Blindsight” cortical implant to restore vision.

Authors: This claim rests on the fallacy that neurons in the brain are like pixels on a screen.

They say they created a computational model of human vision to simulate what sort of vision an extremely high-resolution cortical implant might provide.

This article is republished from The Conversation , a nonprofit, independent news organization bringing you facts and analysis to help you make sense of our complex world. Read more: Ione Fine receives funding from NIH National Eye Institute Grants R01EY014645 Geoffrey Boynton receives funding from grant EY R01 EY014645 from the National Institute of Health .

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