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But as far as I know no motor signals are sent to my mouth when I talk to myself (i.e. internal monologue), so this wouldn't read my thoughts. I'm not sure what

• femto 3y ago
  You might not be aware if it, but you probably do send those motor signals. https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/alterego/publications/ https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/alterego/publications/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/mits-alterego-headset-reads-your-face-to-see-words-youre-only-saying-in-your-mind/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/mits-alterego-headset-reads-yo... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/device-can-hear-voice-inside-your-head-180972785/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/device-can-hear-vo...
  • EGreg 3y ago
    In fact, this has been going on for quite a while but I expect that LLMs will blow the field wide open: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_speech_interface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_speech_interface This year though: https://news.mit.edu/2018/computer-system-transcribes-words-users-speak-silently-0404 https://news.mit.edu/2018/computer-system-transcribes-words-... And https://fortune.com/2023/03/09/ai-generate-images-human-thoughts-stable-diffusion-study/ https://fortune.com/2023/03/09/ai-generate-images-human-thou...
• coldtea 3y ago
  They might not be acted upon, but they could still be sent, up to a "gatekeeper" brain segment.