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How long until we see the headline “Summons allows court to monitor brains replaying memories in real time”
by alfiedotwtf 7y ago
How long until we see the headline “Summons allows court to monitor brains replaying memories in real time”
- r_singh 7y agoIt will never be easy. This kind of tech will rely on the subjects thinking of that memory. And you can always, well, choose not to. Or even corrupt the memory deliberately by imagining things.
- codegladiator 7y agoIsn't it very hard to "not think about it" when required to not think about it ?
- samplatt 7y agoIt's a skill that you can practice through meditation. But false-memories and fabricated memories will shoot this idea down long before that stuff comes into play. Memory is no where near reliable enough to be used as evidence like that.
- sysbin 7y agoYou don't choose anything. I'm finding it hard that anyone can think otherwise with research such as the article indicating function before awareness.
- bryanrasmussen 7y agoIn the U.S constitutional complaint about right against self-incrimination. But if it worked well it would be too useful to let that right stand, so I'm sure the courts would decide it was not covered by the right.
- Cthulhu_ 7y agoI'm sure they'd apply the same thing to it as they did with polygraphs.
- bryanrasmussen 7y agoIf the memory monitor was shown to be 95% accurate in some study I'm not so sure you would be allowed to get out of it.
- jshevek 7y agoProbably at least long enough to get the same result without the currently necessary surgery.
- skocznymroczny 7y agoFeels like a waste of time. Just make a memory dump and analyze it offline.