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Brain-reading device is best yet at decoding ‘internal speech’ (www.nature.com)

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Brain-machine interfaces implanted in the participants of this study in the supramarginal gyrus (SMG) and primary somatosensory cortex (S1) were successfully able to decode both internally spoken and vocalized words.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01867-y?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=1586f44658-nature-briefing-daily-20240514&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b27a691814-1586f44658-52006460 (open access)

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[–] BertramDitore 14 points 7 months ago

NO. Just no. Once this consistently works and is out in the world, it will be pretty much impossible to block, and WILL be abused. And then we’re all completely fucked. No one wants to know what’s going on in my head, just like I don’t want to know what’s going on in anyone else’s head. And don’t try the “but if you have nothing to hide” crap…EVERYONE has things they want to keep to themselves.

I can see the allure for disabled folks, but I personally don’t think the benefits for a few outweigh the massive negatives for the many. Though I’d be curious to hear from some people who could benefit from this.

If this eventually becomes mainstream, I’m out. Total hermit life for me.