NEIL: YOU KNOW, I SHOO'ED MY
PANEL AWAY WAY TOO EARLY.
GOOD THING THEY'RE STILL HERE,
TO TALK ON A SUBJECT NEAR AND
DEAR TO THEIR HEARTS.
ELON MUSK COOKING UP A BRAIN
IMPLANT TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY
JUST PUT THIS CHIP I GUESS INTO
YOUR SKULL, AND I DON'T KNOW
WHAT GOOD IT DOES BUT IT'S
THERE, AND IT FOLLOWS YOU AND
TRACKS YOU.
THIS WAY MY WIFE CAN KEEP TRACK
OF MY DUNKIN' DONUTS VISITS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS GOES.
YOU KNOW, I KEEP HEARING THIS IS
THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE AND ALL
THIS.
I JUST THINK IT'S LIKE BIG
BROTHER.
IT'S A LITTLE SCARY.
>> IT'S SUPER-SCARY.
IT'S ALSO ONE OF THOSE THINGS
WHERE SCIENCE FICTION CAN REALLY
BECOME SCIENCE FACT.
WHEN I READ ABOUT THIS, ELON
MUSK POSITIONED THIS AS A WAY OF
POTENTIALLY TREATING COGNITIVE
DEGENERATIVE DISEASES BUT IF YOU
GO BACK AND LOOK AT OTHER
TECHNOLOGIES LIKE GENE EDITING,
THAT STARTED OFF AS A WAY TO
HELP WITH THERAPY AND MEDICAL
USAGE BUT HAS TURNED INTO
SOMETHING MORE ONEROUS.
I WORRY THIS WILL GO IN A
SIMILAR DIRECTION.
NEIL: WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> THERE ARE USES MOST OF US
COULD AGREE WITH BUT IT COULD GO
OFF THE RAILS REAL QUICK.
>> I THINK AT A CERTAIN PRICE,
I'M WILLING TO LET ELON IMPLANT
IT IN ME BUT I'M WORRIED GIVEN
HIS TRACK RECORD HE WON'T
IMPLANT IT ON TIME.
NEIL: OR THE POWER WILL JUST
DRAIN.
YOU WILL STOP MID-TRACK.
YOU KNOW, THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS
BEEN AROUND AWHILE.
WE DO IT WITH PETS TO KEEP TRACK
IF THEY GET LOST, WHATEVER.
BUT IT'S ANOTHER MATTER, THIS
GOES BEYOND JUST IDENTIFYING
WHERE YOU ARE, BUT IT CAN HELP
YOU WITH DISEASES, BUT IT IS
JUST ANOTHER REMINDER OF HOW
TECHNOLOGY COULD CHANGE THE WAY
WE LITERALLY BEHAVE ON A MINUTE
BY MINUTE BASIS.
>> ELON HAS A RESPONSE TO THAT.
HE'S SENDING IT TO ME RIGHT NOW.
>> IT WILL IMPROVE MY COGNITION,
I'M WILLING.
BUT DEPENDING ON YOUR
PREFERENCES, YOU ARE ALREADY
PRETTY DIALED INTO THE GRID.
IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT ANOTHER
PRIVACY INVASION.
NEIL: YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT.
SPEAKING OF ELON, WHAT HE'S UP
TO, TESLA IS STILL PUSHING THESE
SELF-DRIVING CARS, THIS
TECHNOLOGY THAT NOW HAS EXPANDED
TO ALMOST EVERY MAJOR CAR
COMPANY, INCLUDING RENAULT
EARLIER TODAY, INDICATING IT'S
GOING TO BUY THE BIGGEST BATTERY
MAKER, ELECTRIC BATTERY MAKER.
THIS TECHNOLOGY IS OBVIOUSLY
GOING PLACES.
NOT THE CHIP THING, BUT YOU
KNOW, DRIVERLESS CARS.
THAT'S THE FUTURE.
>> YEAH, I ACTUALLY HAVE MORE
CONFIDENCE IN HIM, AND HE HAS --
HE HAS CREATED GREAT TECHNOLOGY.
I THINK THE TECHNOLOGY IS GOING
TO BE THERE, IT REALLY IS THERE
IN MANY WAYS ALREADY.
THE PROBLEM IS REGULATION AND
LITIGATION.
I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT
GOING TO BE EXPANDED AND USED --
NEIL: WOULD YOU GET INTO ONE?
HE HOPES TO HAVE OTHER FLEET OF
TAXIS.
>> IT'S FUNNY -- NOT FUNNY, IT
OFTEN ENDS UP IN TRAGEDY BUT
IT'S BECAUSE THE MACHINES CANNOT
ACCOUNT FOR MISTAKES PEOPLE
MAKE.
THEN THE MACHINE WILL PROBABLY,
IF IT'S NOT ALREADY, BE A BETTER
DRIVER THAN A PERSON VERY
QUICKLY.
BUT ANTICIPATING THE WEIRDNESS
OF INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS BY
PEOPLE.
NEIL: THEY STILL SAY THE
STUDIES, THEY HAVE A MUCH MUCH
HIGHER SAFETY AND ACCURACY RATE
THAN INDIVIDUALS.
BUT STILL, I DON'T KNOW.
IT WOULD FREAK ME OUT.
>> JUST IF YOU HEARD AUTO PILOT
WAS GOING TO LAND THE PLANE, YOU
WOULD PROBABLY RATHER HAVE A
HUMAN DOING IT JUST BECAUSE WE
ARE PROGRAMMED TO THINK THAT
WAY.
BUT TO JAMES' POINT, I THINK IT
WILL BE REGULATION FOR ME.
HOW DO YOU TRAIN A MACHINE TO
MAKE A SPLIT-SECOND DECISION
THAT MIGHT REQUIRE SPLIT-SECOND
IS ACTUALLY TOO LONG, EVEN LESS
THAN THAT, TO DECIDE BETWEEN, I
DON'T KNOW, A PEDESTRIAN OR
HARMING THE OCCUPANTS OF THE
VEHICLE?
