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GPT AI Enables Scientists to Passively Decode Thoughts in Groundbreaking Study

• p-e-w 3y ago
  Am I reading this right? There is now technology that can literally extract the words I'm thinking about from my brain with some accuracy? This blows my mind. I had no idea anything like it was even remotely on the horizon.
  • astrange 3y ago
    Or it's overfit. There isn't a reasonable mechanism for decoding "thoughts" from fMRI. Also, listening to speech isn't "thoughts" necessarily.
• djmips 3y ago
  This is alarming for sure but I think many will imagine the benefits of perhaps using this tech to help people who are unable to speak for various reasons.
  • elromulous 3y ago
    +1. Also consider opening the door to having a real way of diagnosing neurological diseases/conditions (vs. the "golden standard" of today, a neurological exam, which is notoriously low fidelity)