we're getting close pretty fast. AI is accelerating things very quickly. I'd be willing to bet that millitary is researching this without announcing it.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/01/ai-makes-non-invasive-mind-reading-possible-by-turning-thoughts-into-text

Fear not though:

Jerry Tang, a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin and a co-author, said: “We take very seriously the concerns that it could be used for bad purposes and have worked to avoid that. We want to make sure people only use these types of technologies when they want to and that it helps them.”

they're taking it seriously

[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My head isn't inside an fMRI machine, nor is my phone connected to one, so they still can't read my mind with my phone.

Fear not though:

Jerry Tang, a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin and a co-author, said: “We take very seriously the concerns that it could be used for bad purposes and have worked to avoid that. We want to make sure people only use these types of technologies when they want to and that it helps them.”

they’re taking it seriously

Yeah, that's not even remotely reassuring. The instant it becomes feasible to read minds on a large scale, it will be immediately put to use for government surveillance and commercial exploitation. No one will give a single [expletive] about the objections of some college students. My only hope is to be dead before then.

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[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago

[–] gotnuffin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's 9am in morning, it's too early for this shit!?! Let's just call it a coincidence. I'm going back to sleep, they can't get to you in your dreams.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Not yet.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

YES!!!! I had this happen to me. I never mentioned it to anybody, I just thought it up and next day... BAM! I see an ad for something I just THOUGHT about.

What the fuck???

[–] artisanrox@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

omg YES. So weird and creepy. And not just ads...Youtube recommendations, fluff news stories, songs you didn't know existed.....

this meme is kinda meta for me too 💀 because I wondered who else experiences this

[–] DaBabyAteMaDingo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Vice versa. They're training you to think a certain way. Advertising is basically black magic and very few are immune to it.

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