Neuralink President Hodakkolodnycnbc: Neuralink’s President and co-founder Max Hodak tweeted that he has left the brain-computer interface startup.
Neuralink’s only statement on the matter is a tweet from its President and co-founder, Max Hodak, which reads “I have resigned from Neuralink effective immediately.”
CEO Elon Musk’s brain computer interface startup has had its share of controversy, as Musk recently revealed that it would cost $10 million per year to work there.
Hodak was an early advocate for Musk’s brain computer interface plans, but according to his Twitter account, he didn’t believe that the startup would be able to prove such a concept in his lifetime.
Musk’s plans for Neuralink have gotten a lot of backlash from the public and investors. A recent survey by the University of Pennsylvania found that “almost 20% of American adults are at least ‘slightly concerned’ about the possibility that we’ll be able to fully control computers with our minds.
Musk replied to the survey in a tweet by saying “Should we be concerned about this? Probably more concerning than the above is that it suggests that there’s not much understanding of the technical challenges ahead. But we’ll fix it!”
In addition to Hodak’s departure, Musk has also given up his role as chairman of Neuralink. The two were supposed to meet up on Wednesday to talk about how Neuralink should move forward.
Musk’s other company, Space X, announced last week that it had begun testing its plans for human teleportation with a passenger.
And while there are no details yet on who will replace Hodak as President of Neuralink, the startup has a little more than a week to find a new Vice-President.
Just a little over a week ago, Musk had announced that he was giving up his role as chairman of the company.
