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It’s crazy to me that someone has developed a technology that literally reads peoples mind fairly accurately and its just like a semi popular post on Hacker New

by opdahl 3y ago

It’s crazy to me that someone has developed a technology that literally reads peoples mind fairly accurately and its just like a semi popular post on Hacker News.

ShamelessC 3y ago
It’s at the top of the front page now fyi edit: and it’s sliding down again. Your comment will be relevant again shortly ha
RobertDeNiro 3y ago
Anyone familiar with Brain computer interfaces would not be surprised by this article. People have been capturing brain waves for a while and using it for all sorts of experiments. This is just an extension of what has been done before. It’s still not applicable to anything outside of a lab setting.
empath-nirvana 3y ago
Do people not think of _anything_ while they're reading besides the text that they're reading? I think of all kinds of other stuff while I'm reading books.
- d-lisp 3y ago
  Not reading a whole page, without noticing it, by effectively looking at it and letting your eyes run through its line while thinking about something completely different is peak literature.
  - sebastiennight 3y ago
    LOL. Your comment made me realize I had been eye-scanning (without reading) down the thread for a while. I felt caught in the act!
callalex 3y ago
Well, the results marketed by this study are vastly overstated, bordering on unethical lying. Figure 1 is literally just made up. See discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38674971 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38674971
fragmede 3y ago
IFL science does a lot of science cheerleading, and I love them for it, but my (I can't speak for. others) enthusiasm is tempered by the number or times limitless nuclear power, cures for cancer, and flying cars have been promised. That's not to say this isn't impressive - it's nothing short of mind-blowing - but I'm not expert enough to evaluate how real this result is. I'll note the technology to communicate to coma patients has been showcased before but it turned out to be a hoax. not saying this is, but, again, this tempers my enthusiasm.

by opdahl 3y ago

It’s crazy to me that someone has developed a technology that literally reads peoples mind fairly accurately and its just like a semi popular post on Hacker News.

ShamelessC 3y ago

It’s at the top of the front page now fyi edit: and it’s sliding down again. Your comment will be relevant again shortly ha

RobertDeNiro 3y ago

Anyone familiar with Brain computer interfaces would not be surprised by this article. People have been capturing brain waves for a while and using it for all sorts of experiments. This is just an extension of what has been done before. It’s still not applicable to anything outside of a lab setting.

empath-nirvana 3y ago

Do people not think of _anything_ while they're reading besides the text that they're reading? I think of all kinds of other stuff while I'm reading books.

d-lisp 3y ago
Not reading a whole page, without noticing it, by effectively looking at it and letting your eyes run through its line while thinking about something completely different is peak literature.
- sebastiennight 3y ago
  LOL. Your comment made me realize I had been eye-scanning (without reading) down the thread for a while. I felt caught in the act!

callalex 3y ago

Well, the results marketed by this study are vastly overstated, bordering on unethical lying. Figure 1 is literally just made up. See discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38674971 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38674971

fragmede 3y ago

IFL science does a lot of science cheerleading, and I love them for it, but my (I can't speak for. others) enthusiasm is tempered by the number or times limitless nuclear power, cures for cancer, and flying cars have been promised. That's not to say this isn't impressive - it's nothing short of mind-blowing - but I'm not expert enough to evaluate how real this result is. I'll note the technology to communicate to coma patients has been showcased before but it turned out to be a hoax. not saying this is, but, again, this tempers my enthusiasm.