Max Hodak Plan to Science the Sh*t Out of Brains and Merge Humans and Machines
Few figures in Brain Computer Interface Land can match Max Hodak’s output over the past decade.
He helped start Neuralink in 2016 and then went on to start Science Corp. in 2021. Science has been working on implants to help restore vision and has clinical trials underway with the technology. The company has also built out a line of brain computer interface products for others to use and is exploring some very weird and promising technology around lab-built neurons that can be infused into brains.
Hodak has done relatively few interviews over the years and there’s not much about his background available online. I recently paid a visit to Science’s headquarters in Alameda, Calif. to rectify this situation and speak with Hodak about his science journey, his philosophies around tech and business and where BCI technology is heading as humans and machines join forces . . . possibly for good.
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Timestamps
00:00 – The Matrix inspiration
00:08 – Limitations: physical world vs. simulation
00:32 – The Jennifer Aniston Neuron
02:37 – Who is Max Hodak? Neuralink & Science Corp
03:44 – The vision for Science Corp
05:03 – Restoring vision to the blind
07:26 – Brain-computer interfaces
10:48 – From Duke University to Silicon Valley
14:20 – BCI industry is still in its infancy
19:28 – The takeoff era of human evolution
21:26 – Industrial Revolution to AGI
24:53 – Challenge of making BCI technology profitable
28:11 – AI, mind uploads, and digital immortality
36:19 – Bio-hybrid technology connecting humans to machines
43:00 – The neuroscience of brain-to-brain communication
51:45 – Retinal implants are restoring sight
58:02 – The next frontiers of BCI and AI integration
Few figures in Brain Computer Interface Land can match Max Hodak’s output over the past decade.
He helped start Neuralink in 2016 and then went on to start Science Corp. in 2021. Science has been working on implants to help restore vision and has clinical trials underway with the technology. The company has also built out a line of brain computer interface products for others to use and is exploring some very weird and promising technology around lab-built neurons that can be infused into brains.
Hodak has done relatively few interviews over the years and there’s not much about his background available online. I recently paid a visit to Science’s headquarters in Alameda, Calif. to rectify this situation and speak with Hodak about his science journey, his philosophies around tech and business and where BCI technology is heading as humans and machines join forces . . . possibly for good.
As ever, you can subscribe to the Core Memory podcast via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and all other fine podcast purveyors, and you can find past episodes here. Do us a solid and leave some ratings and reviews. Thanks!
Subscribe to watch more Core Memory videos https://www.youtube.com/@CoreMemoryVideos/videos
Check out our podcasts https://www.youtube.com/@CoreMemoryVideos/podcasts
Find Ashlee Vance at
www.corememory.com
https://www.instagram.com/ashlee.vance/
https://x.com/ashleevance
Timestamps
00:00 – The Matrix inspiration
00:08 – Limitations: physical world vs. simulation
00:32 – The Jennifer Aniston Neuron
02:37 – Who is Max Hodak? Neuralink & Science Corp
03:44 – The vision for Science Corp
05:03 – Restoring vision to the blind
07:26 – Brain-computer interfaces
10:48 – From Duke University to Silicon Valley
14:20 – BCI industry is still in its infancy
19:28 – The takeoff era of human evolution
21:26 – Industrial Revolution to AGI
24:53 – Challenge of making BCI technology profitable
28:11 – AI, mind uploads, and digital immortality
36:19 – Bio-hybrid technology connecting humans to machines
43:00 – The neuroscience of brain-to-brain communication
51:45 – Retinal implants are restoring sight
58:02 – The next frontiers of BCI and AI integration
