Apr 14, 2023 03:16 PM
(This post was last modified: Apr 14, 2023 03:47 PM by C C.)
https://thedebrief.org/yes-ai-is-using-b...les-minds/
INTRO: A specially trained AI is using data collected from fMRI brain scans to read people’s minds. And while the system must go through some initial training with the person whose thoughts it wants to read, the results are shockingly accurate, if not somewhat haunting.
Of course, an AI system that can read minds could offer some tangible potential benefits for people suffering from certain disabilities. But it also sparks serious concerns about the very nature of privacy, particularly the privacy of one’s thoughts.
Throughout the history of literature, television, movies, and other media, the ability to read people’s minds is often associated with either magical abilities or technology gone wrong. And in most cases, the end result is not a pretty one.
For example, author Phillip K. Dick envisioned law enforcement gone awry by arresting and convicting criminals for simply thinking about committing a future crime in his 1956 novella “Minority Report.” In 1948, Author George Orwell famously invented the “thought police” for his horrifying view of the world’s techno-future, a book titled, simply, 1984. Even today, the idea of the dreaded “thought police” is often invoked negatively in the public discourse on politics, information, technology, and the media.
Now, a team of Japanese researchers says they set out to determine if a specialized AI tool could be connected to a brain scan machine to accomplish what has only previously existed in this type of fiction; the ability to read people’s minds. And according to a pre-print of their soon-to-be-published study, their results are almost impossible to see and believe... (MORE - details)
INTRO: A specially trained AI is using data collected from fMRI brain scans to read people’s minds. And while the system must go through some initial training with the person whose thoughts it wants to read, the results are shockingly accurate, if not somewhat haunting.
Of course, an AI system that can read minds could offer some tangible potential benefits for people suffering from certain disabilities. But it also sparks serious concerns about the very nature of privacy, particularly the privacy of one’s thoughts.
Throughout the history of literature, television, movies, and other media, the ability to read people’s minds is often associated with either magical abilities or technology gone wrong. And in most cases, the end result is not a pretty one.
For example, author Phillip K. Dick envisioned law enforcement gone awry by arresting and convicting criminals for simply thinking about committing a future crime in his 1956 novella “Minority Report.” In 1948, Author George Orwell famously invented the “thought police” for his horrifying view of the world’s techno-future, a book titled, simply, 1984. Even today, the idea of the dreaded “thought police” is often invoked negatively in the public discourse on politics, information, technology, and the media.
Now, a team of Japanese researchers says they set out to determine if a specialized AI tool could be connected to a brain scan machine to accomplish what has only previously existed in this type of fiction; the ability to read people’s minds. And according to a pre-print of their soon-to-be-published study, their results are almost impossible to see and believe... (MORE - details)