Elon Musk provided an update on another of his products this week, saying his company Neuralink is expected to begin human trials for its brain chip in about six months. But Trevor Noah will believe it when he sees it.
On Thursday night’s show, Noah pulled up footage of Musk in a recent presentation, in which he explained the chips, which are reportedly intended to help disabled people move and communicate again. In the clip, the Twitter CEO explained the transplant process as “replacing a piece of skull like a smartwatch.”
And that alone gave Noah “a little break”. The “Daily Show” host joked that, with a smartwatch on your wrist, you could simply move your arm and coax the device back into proper action. But with a microchip actually in your skull, Noah worried it could result in people acting like Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.
“When it messes with my brain, so what?” Noah asked the question. “All of a sudden I’m Alex Jones praising Hitler for inventing the microphone? Is that going to happen?”
Of course, this will only happen at the end of the chip. As he continued, Noah brought up a laundry list of promises Musk has made about his companies and products in the past, which certainly didn’t stick to his timeline.
“Now, if we had more time, we could talk about how Elon promised three years ago that his brain chip would be ready for human testing. Or how he promised that Tesla would make self-driving cars by 2017. -driving. Or how he’ll build a high-speed underground train by 2020. Or how he’ll land on Mars by 2022,” Noah listed. “Basically, this guy is a dude at a strip club who is showering me with IOUs.”
That said, should Musk’s brain chips eventually run out, Noah said he probably wouldn’t feel safe enough to get one — especially since it’s from Musk’s brain.
“A year ago, I would have been like ‘Tesla guy’? Maybe! Maybe,” Noah said. “But now I’m like ‘Twitter guy’? Mum. I’ll pay her $8 to stay away.'”
You can watch the full segment from “The Daily Show” in the video above.
