Meta Just Achieved Mind-Reading Using AI

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Go to https://brilliant.org/coldfusion for 20% off! Imagine if our brains could be scanned and the contents of our thoughts could be read. A team of researchers and also Meta have just achieved this feat by using AI. In this episode, we take a look. » Twitter | @ColdFusion_TV » Instagram | coldfusiontv » Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/ColdFusioncollective » Podcast I Co-host: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jKUaNXSnuW52CxexLcOJg ColdFusion Music Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGkpFfEMF0eMJlh9xXj2lMw SOURCES: [**https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-023-01304-9**](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-023-01304-9) [**https://cns.utexas.edu/news/podcast/brain-activity-decoder-can-reveal-stories-peoples-minds**](https://cns.utexas.edu/news/podcast/brain-activity-decoder-can-reveal-stories-peoples-minds) Meta Research: https://ai.meta.com/blog/brain-ai-image-decoding-meg-magnetoencephalography/ [**https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/science/ai-speech-language.html**](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/science/ai-speech-language.html) [**https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/01/ai-makes-non-invasive-mind-reading-possible-by-turning-thoughts-into-text**](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/01/ai-makes-non-invasive-mind-reading-possible-by-turning-thoughts-into-text) [**https://physicsworld.com/a/decoder-generates-language-from-non-invasive-brain-scans/**](https://physicsworld.com/a/decoder-generates-language-from-non-invasive-brain-scans/) [**https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7824107/#:~:text=The%20very%20first%20tests%20with,2000%20%5B2%2C18%5D](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7824107/#:~:text=The%20very%20first%20tests%20with,2000%20%5B2%2C18%5D).** [BCI introduction] [**https://www.nature.com/articles/nrneurol.2012.101](https://www.nature.com/articles/nrneurol.2012.101)** [Neurally controlled robotic arm enables tetraplegic patient to drink coffee of her own volition] [**https://www.nature.com/articles/nature10987](https://www.nature.com/articles/nature10987)** [Restoration of grasp following paralysis through brain-controlled stimulation of muscles] [**Neuroscience: Language decoder can reconstruct meaning from brain scans | Nature Neuroscience | Nature Portfolio (natureasia.com)**](https://www.natureasia.com/en/research/highlight/14479) [**https://www.natureasia.com/en/research/highlight/14479**](https://www.natureasia.com/en/research/highlight/14479) [**https://utexas.app.box.com/s/7kluiwmtlan5jw00s8nsiynlxl412132**](https://utexas.app.box.com/s/7kluiwmtlan5jw00s8nsiynlxl412132)  [Resrources from the research: videos, audio, manuscript, lab photos, etc.] [**https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.18.517004v3.full](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.18.517004v3.full)** [Prof Shinji Nishimoto’s paper on reconstructing high-resolution visual images from brain activity using diffusion model] [EEG earbuds] [**https://www.wired.com/story/nextsense-wants-to-get-in-your-ears-and-watch-your-brain/**](https://www.wired.com/story/nextsense-wants-to-get-in-your-ears-and-watch-your-brain/) [**https://www.nextsense.io/**](https://www.nextsense.io/)

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