Animation explaining how the Neuralink brain chip works leaves everybody with the same worrying concern

Neuralink has been a topic of intense discussion since Elon Musk first announced the startup idea and its ambitions.

It was only this year that Musk made the news regarding Neuralink's first human patient.

As of 20 February, the Tesla CEO reported that the patient fully recovered after the procedure and is now able to control a computer mouse using their thoughts along with texting and, most recently, playing Mario Kart.

Such a unique device has naturally raised questions about how the device is inserted into the brain.

Thanks to one video short, we now know how.

Note to the squeamish, you might want to skip this part.

'Neuralink starts with a surgeon drilling a hole in your head about the size of a coin,' described the video creator, zackdfilms.

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'Then a robotic arm carefully inserts the ultra thin, flexible threads into your brain.'

Sound unsettling? It gets worse.

'These threads are finer than a strand of hair and are equipped with electrodes that directly interact with the cells in your brain.

'This implant is capable of interpreting your thoughts and applying them to real life actions.'

Now, a device that has direct access to your thoughts is leaving people very worried.

After all, we all imagine doing stuff with no intention of actually doing it. But does one intrusive thought immediately trigger an action?

The YouTube short has amassed over 400,000 likes and 6,000 comments.

Many viewers are imagining scenarios of driving a car at max speed or spontaneously driving off a cliff.

One viewer wrote: 'My intrusive thoughts: "You should drive full speed ahead and ram into that truck in front of you haha"

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'Neuralink: "Your wish is my command"'.

Another replied: 'Imagine taking a nap after a hard work, then getting an ad in your brain.'

A third wrote: '"What's your worst enemy"

'"Intrusive thoughts"'.

Others worried about the power of intrusive thoughts with the feeling that their personal ones could potentially 'start an entire world war'.

'having intrusive thoughts just got way more stressful,' another expressed.

However, the SpaceX founder hopes the device will be used for good instead of evil.

Neuralink is one of many medtech initiatives that is working on linking the nervous system to computers, with goals to treat brain disorders, overcome brain injuries and give people the life-changing ability to regain control of their body.