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Neuroscientists decode brain speech signals into written text
The Guardian ^ | 30 July 2019 | Ian Sample

Posted on 07/31/2019 10:42:50 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

In its current form, the brain-reading software works only for certain sentences it has been trained on, but scientists believe it is a stepping stone towards a more powerful system that can decode in real time the words a person intends to say.

The work, funded by Facebook, was possible thanks to three epilepsy patients who were about to have neurosurgery for their condition. Before their operations went ahead, all three had a small patch of tiny electrodes placed directly on the brain for at least a week to map the origins of their seizures.

During their stay in hospital, the patients, all of whom could speak normally, agreed to take part in Chang’s research. He used the electrodes to record brain activity while each patient was asked nine set questions and asked to read a list of 24 potential responses

...he ethical issues such systems might raise in the future. For example, could a “speech neuroprosthesis” unintentionally reveal people’s most private thoughts?

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


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Please have a seat, the Doctor will be with you in a few minutes.

I'm sorry Mr Grunt, it seems that you were having salacious thoughts about my receptionists, she did not appreciate them. It would best if you seek the services of another Physician...

1 posted on 07/31/2019 10:42:50 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I’d be kicked off the freaking planet just eating my lunch and watching the women walk by!!

Or at least get face slapped a lot


2 posted on 07/31/2019 10:45:15 AM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“”” a more powerful system that can decode in real time the words a person intends to say. “””

Plug every politician into it.


3 posted on 07/31/2019 10:46:22 AM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Oh, here we go. Thought-crime. How long until that can be “photoshopped”, so to speak?


4 posted on 07/31/2019 10:46:24 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: dp0622

Or at least get face slapped a lot

And that is why they invented the ever-popular TIN FOIL HAT.

You may want to upgrade to titanium foil?


5 posted on 07/31/2019 10:49:50 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

lol

Titanium works for me :)


6 posted on 07/31/2019 10:50:56 AM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

7 posted on 07/31/2019 10:51:45 AM PDT by mbarker12474
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To: Pollard

Plug every politician into it.

That would be fun to watch!
In a crawl under the video...

At the debate.


8 posted on 07/31/2019 10:51:51 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“I want a beer and I want to see sumpthin naked.”


9 posted on 07/31/2019 10:52:46 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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10 posted on 07/31/2019 10:52:56 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: DUMBGRUNT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wKbUpkBeo0


11 posted on 07/31/2019 10:58:56 AM PDT by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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To: jeffc

Take it a step further. Be implanted with the correct opinions. Take the correct actions.

We are the Borg
Resistance is futile.
Your lives, as you have known them, are over.
From this point forward, you will service us.


12 posted on 07/31/2019 11:01:59 AM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: Fred Hayek

Half of American voters are already pwned.


13 posted on 07/31/2019 11:03:49 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: DannyTN

A few years before that would be required?

Or maybe not?
I was inside a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, part of Project Temptest, over thirty years ago.
That was wild, this stuff is far beyond wild.


14 posted on 07/31/2019 11:05:36 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Google already invented this. They already know what you’re going to search.


15 posted on 07/31/2019 11:10:34 AM PDT by bgill
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To: Fred Hayek
"From this point forward, you will service us."

I'm in!


16 posted on 07/31/2019 11:18:23 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: bgill

They already know what you’re going to search.

I believe that to be somewhat true.
Guessing it to be a law of large numbers indirect method.

This is direct from the source(?).
It needs to be trained like the older speech recognition systems. Long ago I had Dragon Dictate(?) and had to read a list of words to train the beast.
And look where we are now, my phone needs little training, and quick too.


17 posted on 07/31/2019 11:21:15 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: Rebelbase

Had it not been for your friend in the photo, 0bama would be nothing more than a minor footnote in Illinois history.

His 2004 campaign for the Senate, against Barack Obama, received widespread media attention for the disclosure of sealed custody documents stemming from his divorce from actress Jeri Ryan. The unsealing of those documents, detailing allegations that Ryan had pressured his wife to perform sexual acts in public, led to Ryan’s withdrawal from the campaign.
Wiki


18 posted on 07/31/2019 11:25:52 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: dp0622

“Or at least get face slapped a lot”

When both you and the women have neural implants, they can just remotely induce the sensation of a slap in your brain without actually hitting you. Then again, some men might enjoy that...


19 posted on 07/31/2019 11:29:18 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Well, blame Senator Ryan, not his ex-wife. She didn’t ask him to be a classless pervert, nor did she unseal the divorce records that detailed his creepiness.


20 posted on 07/31/2019 11:31:49 AM PDT by Boogieman
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