This A.I. Used Brain Scans to Recreate Images People Saw

[ergophobe]

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-ai-used-brain-scans-to-recreate-images-people-saw-180981768/

The stuff of science fiction ten years ago.

[rcjordan]

UC Berkeley 2011:

Scientists use brain imaging to reveal the movies in our mind | Berkeley News

https://news.berkeley.edu/2011/09/22/brain-movies/

[Rupert]

2011!

[ergophobe]

Wow. I almost said 20 years ago. I should have said 30 to be safe

[rcjordan]

The professor trying to protect our private thoughts from technology | Neuroscience | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/26/nita-farahany-the-battle-for-your-brain-neurotechnology

[rcjordan]

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Soldiers Can Now Steer Robot Dogs With Brain Signals - Defense One

https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/03/soldiers-can-now-steer-robot-dogs-brain-signals/384338/

[littleman]

That top article is really amazing, but I want it peer reviewed and duplicated before I fully believe it.

[rcjordan]

We're one step closer to reading an octopus's mind | Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/in-a-first-researchers-track-brain-activity-in-a-free-moving-octopus/

[ergophobe]

That top article is really amazing, but I want it peer reviewed and duplicated before I fully believe it.

To date, most work seems to have been done on thought to text, which seems (based on nothing at all other than my gut reaction) somewhat easier in that the human is probably learning the process too.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32231340/
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2021/07/420946/neuroprosthesis-restores-words-man-paralysis

Which elicits all sorts of uptopian and dystopian scenarios. Notably, if we can go from thought to text, how long until we can go from text to thought? And that raises the possibility of fluid communication with deaf people and the possibility that not everyone who claims the government is beaming messages into their heads will be schizophrenic.

[rcjordan]

more info...

'Mind-reading' AI: Japan study sparks ethical debate | Technology News | Al Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/4/7/could-ai-read-minds-somedayjapanese-breakthrough-sparks-debate

[ergophobe]

A.I. Is Getting Better at Mind-Reading
In a recent experiment, researchers used large language models to translate brain activity into words.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/science/ai-speech-language.html
TL;DR - using just fMRI and no implants, they were able to convert scans into text and describe in text what subjects were seeing in silent movies