It's not surprising that Wunderkinds wants a surprise from their children.
As Scale AI's 28-year-old founder Alexandre Wang prepares to play a new role in leading Meta's super intelligence initiative, he is also thinking about how to integrate super intelligence into the next generation.
And that means he is not giving birth to a child any time soon.
On Thursday's Shawn Ryan Show, King said he wanted to wait for the child to be born until Neuralink or other brain computer interfaces are available.
One of Elon Musk's most futuristic efforts, Neuralink is developing a coin-sized microchip that can be embedded in the human brain. These chips can not only record brain activity, but also stimulate it.
Still in clinical trials, Neuralink has been implanted in three patients so far. Brad Smith, who has ALS, one of those patients, said he was able to edit the video using his Neuralink Brain chip.
Neuralink has been receiving a lot of talk, but that's not the only thing that develops these interfaces. Backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, Synchron has already worked with Apple to help people with disabilities, such as ALS patients, use their iPhones. Motif Neurotech is developing a neurostimulator system that functions like a brain pacemaker and is currently used to treat severe depression.
Wang also believes these devices will have a major impact on child development. “In your first seven years of life, your brain is more neurogenic than any other point in your life,” he said. “When you get Neuralink and get these other techniques, the kids born together will be learning how to use them in crazy, crazy ways.”
Neuroplasticity refers to the brain's ability to adapt and change, whether it means rewiring its structure, changing its function and forming new connections, depending on what's happening within or around us.
According to a 2009 article published in Journal Brain Dev, “the organization of neuronal synaptic networks and white matter pathways remain “under construction” and even later on, are often reinforced in children. This is why children can learn new skills quickly and recover from injuries faster.
Wang's theory is that early adoption of brain computer interfaces will allow children to utilize them in ways that adults cannot.
