The non-verbal human is open to communication: Neuralink has performed the third successful surgery to implant a chip into a patient's brain

Neuralink. Source: Neuralink

The startup Neuralink, owned by Elon Musk has conducted the third successful operation to implant a neurochip into the human brain.

Here's What We Know

Bradford G Smith, who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a severe progressive disease of the central nervous system, agreed to the surgery and became the third person with a Neuralink chip.

Bradford is also the first non-verbal person to undergo such a procedure.

Thanks to the Neuralink chip, which reads neuronal signals and converts them into commands for external devices, Smith can now communicate by controlling a computer with his mind.

Bradford Smith invites everyone to communicate at X and promises to answer questions whenever possible.

I am the 3rd person in the world to receive the @Neuralink brain implant.

1st with ALS. 1st Nonverbal.

I am typing this with my brain. It is my primary communication.

Ask me anything! I will answer at least all verified users!

Thank you @elonmusk! pic.twitter.com/bxYO3SBfA2

- Bradford G Smith (Brad) (@ALScyborg) April 27, 2025

Note that the most famous amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patient was astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who had no such technology in his lifetime, but could also communicate by controlling a computer with his gaze and a single moving finger.

Source: @ALScyborg