Bryan Johnson invests $100M in Kernel to unlock the power of the human brain
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Re: Bryan Johnson invests $100M in Kernel to unlock the power of the human brain
#2“We can program yeast to do a specific function. We can expect the same path with neural code.”
Ummm... that's quite a big leap!
Re: Bryan Johnson invests $100M in Kernel to unlock the power of the human brain
#3Smells like another Theranos: too good to be true
Re: Bryan Johnson invests $100M in Kernel to unlock the power of the human brain
#4I googled a bit. The background is quite interesting. Johnson founded and sold Braintree which is where the money came from.
The main brain tech guy is Theodore Berger who has tested implants in rats, monkeys and humans with some success http://singularityhub.com/2015/11/15/first-human-tests-of-me...
Berger on video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHubR09oKKE
Re: Bryan Johnson invests $100M in Kernel to unlock the power of the human brain
#5“We can program yeast to do a specific function. We can expect the same path with neural code.” Ummm... that's quite a big leap!
Yep. Biologist here lol.
It would be interesting to know how much biology this dude truly explored before plunking down his $100M on some other dude promising him to revolutionize the brain.
Re: Bryan Johnson invests $100M in Kernel to unlock the power of the human brain
#6Smells like another Theranos: too good to be true
It is his own money in his own company, so very different.
Re: Bryan Johnson invests $100M in Kernel to unlock the power of the human brain
#7“We can program yeast to do a specific function. We can expect the same path with neural code.” Ummm... that's quite a big leap!
Yep. Biologist here lol. It would be interesting to know how much biology this dude truly explored before plunking down his $100M on some other dude promising him to revolutionize the brain.
BME / sensory neurosystems guy here.
>It would be interesting to know how much biology this dude truly explored before plunking down his $100M ...
Not enough.
Re: Bryan Johnson invests $100M in Kernel to unlock the power of the human brain
#8Damn, I thought the guy was going to throw $100M at linux kernel developers. That would be nice.
Re: Bryan Johnson invests $100M in Kernel to unlock the power of the human brain
#9“We can program yeast to do a specific function. We can expect the same path with neural code.” Ummm... that's quite a big leap!
Yep. Biologist here lol. It would be interesting to know how much biology this dude truly explored before plunking down his $100M on some other dude promising him to revolutionize the brain.
hopefully they've learned something from Blue Brain:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-the-human-bra...
Re: Bryan Johnson invests $100M in Kernel to unlock the power of the human brain
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yep. Biologist here lol. It would be interesting to know how much biology this dude truly explored before plunking down his $100M on some other dude promising him to revolutionize the brain.
BME / sensory neurosystems guy here. >It would be interesting to know how much biology this dude truly explored before plunking down his $100M ... Not enough.
Would you guys prefer that Johnson donate his $100M to the NIH or a university that's already working on related research, or is there benefit to him taking a different route and funding Berger and this org directly?