Brain-computer interfaces

also referred to as: bci · bcis · brain-computer interface

6 statements across 1 episodes · 6 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 9, 2026 by Max Hodak · across every show →

Everything said about Brain-computer interfaces, oldest first

Mar 9, 2026 positive
Opinion
Hodak: BCI is primarily a longevity and healthcare story, not AI merger
“There's this meme out there that BCI is an artificial intelligence adjacent story and that the goal is to, I mean, you have to merge humans and machines, and I do think that there's something to that. But I think the more immediate thing here is that I see BCI…”
Max Hodak Mar 9, 2026 ▶ 26:22 The Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces · Y Combinator
Mar 9, 2026 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Hodak: The ultimate end of brain-computer interfaces is conscious machines
“If the end of the quest of artificial intelligence are super intelligent machines, then I think the end of the BCI quest are actually conscious machines.”
Max Hodak Mar 9, 2026 ▶ 26:39 The Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces · Y Combinator
Mar 9, 2026 positive
Insight
Hodak: BCIs will be a broad medical category, not a single device
“There are many types of BCIs. So it's, there, it really is going to be a category like pharma. It's not one product. I don't think there's going to be like the VCI that people get. And there are different modalities that will work for different things.”
Max Hodak Mar 9, 2026 ▶ 3:49 The Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces · Y Combinator
Mar 9, 2026 positive
Insight
Hodak: BCI progress is limited by hardware, not neuroscience complexity
“Brain-computer interface research and development is limited by your ability to record and stimulate these signals. The neuroscience, comparatively, is actually pretty simple. As soon as you can record the signals, we've very quickly figured out what, we talk …”
Max Hodak Mar 9, 2026 ▶ 19:48 The Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces · Y Combinator
Mar 9, 2026 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Mar 2036
Hodak: BCIs will achieve native 20/20 vision and color within 10 years
“I mean, I do think that you can get to close to native acuity, so kind of like your normal twenty-twenty vision. We're definitely not there yet, but I see a path to get there and be able to get Color and fill in a lot of the field of view. To be clear that it'…”
Max Hodak Mar 9, 2026 ▶ 13:16 The Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces · Y Combinator
Mar 9, 2026 positive
Insight
Hodak: BCI advances rely on consumer tech investments from Apple and Samsung
“Like BCI couldn't have done this on its own, but Apple and Samsung and others have poured epic amounts of money onto making these types of electronics exist in the world so that people like us can use them.”
Max Hodak Mar 9, 2026 ▶ 38:25 The Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces · Y Combinator
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