Stanford neuroscientist Andrew Huberman is predicting a startling future in which humans could undergo gene therapy and use an AI-powered wearable to literally turn up their own motivation.
Huberman laid out the futuristic scenario during an appearance on the "Invest Like the Best" podcast, describing technology that could allow people to genetically modify specific neurons in their brains and later activate them using light or ultrasound.
"This is where we're going to end up," Huberman told host Patrick O'Shaughnessy. "I know it sounds scary."
.@hubermanlab tells @patrick_oshag on @InvestLikeBest that one day you may be able to turn your own motivation up with a one-time gene therapy and a wearable that switches it on.
— Patrick F. Feeley (@PFFeeley) October 6, 2026
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Huberman claimed that the process could begin with an injection containing an engineered virus. Rather than causing an infection, the virus would act as a "vector" carrying genetic materia
