This community is aimed to be an aggregator of technology news that might aid directly or indirectly to the capability of uploading a mind to a electronic substrate.
myriad of scientific opportunities and potential future applications,
Literal thought police. Interrogations.
Imagine the marketing potential, too. Real time responses to propaganda or ads, which can tailor responses to thoughts, possibly even subconscious ones.
Scary stuff
Absolutely. But also more benevolent possibilities. Like recording your own dreams.
Huh I wonder what it's going to be monetized to do first
"Weird dream you had last night. Be a shame if your dreamvault+ subscription lapsed and it accidentally leaked to the internet..."
Nonsense! Dreamvault+ shows you your dreams for the low low price of x.99 per month! Please accept our Privacy Policy (They sell literally everything to anyone with a dollar) to continue!
I read the study abstract because I couldn’t tell the impact from the headline.
It says that they can recover perceived speech pretty well, but other forms of communication or broad interpretation are less reliable (silent movies were like 20% accuracy).
It also notes that subject cooperation is needed for this to work. That was for training and decoding. However, it’s the first step towards a more concerning outcome.