Elon Musk may be turning the beloved fictional island “Jurassic Park” into a real-life destination hotspot, with dinosaurs and all.
Max Hodak, who co-founded Elon Musk’s company Neuralink, tweeted claiming their startup has the technological resources to create its own themed animation park, complete with living prehistoric animals.
“We could probably build Jurassic Park if we wanted to,” Hodak posted. “Wouldn’t be genetically authentic dinosaurs but [shrugging emoji]. maybe 15 years of breeding + engineering to get super exotic novel species.”
The blockbuster film franchise, originally directed by industry legend Steven Spielberg, is set on a fictional island where a team of wealthy businessmen and genetic scientists create a wildlife park with de-extinct dinosaurs.
Given the movie’s perilous escapades, the two tech tycoons may want to rethink the idea before breaking ground.
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One Twitter user responded to Hodak's proposal, saying, "There was a book and several movies about why this is a bad idea."
Hodak didn't provide too much detail, but did say the genetically-modified species of dinosaurs will not likely come to fruition in the near future.
"Biodiversity (antifragility) is definitely valuable; conservation is important and makes sense," Hodak wrote in a follow-up tweet. "But why do we stop there? Why don’t we more intentionally try to generate novel diversity?"
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Hodak & Musk's company Neuralink, which was launched in 2017, creates brain-computer interfaces that they hope to one day use to assist those who suffer from Alzheimer's, spinal cord injuries, dementia & other ailments, The Hill reports.
In August 2020, the company debuted a pig named Gertrude, which they used to implant a small computer chip in its brain, the outlet reported. The chip was planted near the part of the brain that controls the pig’s snout, so as Gertrude at, a computer showed her natural brain waves spike.
While there may not be a real-life version of Jurassic Park in the near future, fans can catch the latest film sequel, "Jurassic World: Dominion," when it hits theaters on June 10, 2022.
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