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Scientists Are Using Brain Implants To Read Patients’ Minds, And You Might Be Next
The Federalist ^ | July 21, 2021 | Joe Allen

Posted on 07/21/2021 3:00:16 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA

Last year, Elon Musk predicted his Neuralink brain implant could eventually allow people to bypass human language. With a handful of AI-powered chips jabbed into their brains, Neuralink users could converse with their thoughts alone. Poetry and liturgy would become a sentimental pastime, like roasting marshmallows over a campfire.

“In principle, you would be able to communicate very quickly, and with far more precision, ideas,” Musk mumbled to Joe Rogan. “And language would — I’m not sure what would happen to language … [But] really, in the first few versions all we’re going to be trying to do is solve brain injuries.”

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On July 14, the transhumanist goal of neuro-telepathy came a step closer to realization, thanks to a major breakthrough by a team at the University of California, San Francisco. Neuroscientists surgically implanted a subdural electrode array on the surface of a stroke victim’s brain. For 81 weeks, they fed his sensorimotor cortex signals into an artificial intelligence system. Using the algorithms’ predictive power as a sort of auto-complete feature, the team was able to translate the subject’s attempts at speech into text with extraordinary accuracy.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bloggers; brainimplants; musk; neuralink; neurastink; transhumanist
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To: NWFree

[ How many chips would it take to read President Retard’s mind. ]

The Apple ][e in my basement would be overkill for that job...


21 posted on 07/21/2021 3:17:05 PM PDT by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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To: ConservativeInPA

22 posted on 07/21/2021 3:27:30 PM PDT by DFG
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To: Mark17

Things are moving along at a very rapid pace. Seems like the heads of countries are on the verge of being toppled, more lockdowns, being forced to get a shot (not yet) and vax passports.

I fear for my grandkids.


23 posted on 07/21/2021 3:27:58 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: ConservativeInPA

He’s a genius but not very sensible. Language exists precisely so as to enable the person to say what he is NOT thinking, to LIE, as well as to say the truth.

No one would adopt his invention, but if they did, they would soon rip it out. Having one’s TRUE thoughts revealed would not work.

This apparatus would get us in big trouble, since it would let other people hear our subvocalizations: what we were saying to ourselves. We know that no one else hears that, and say all kinds of things that would get us fired, divorced, arrested or in a strait jacket.


24 posted on 07/21/2021 3:32:17 PM PDT by I want the USA back (To find out who really rules you, find out who you're not allowed to criticize. Voltaire. )
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To: ConservativeInPA

“(If my brain was wired then what I really wanted to write in this post would send me to a gulag.”

*gasp* I am telepathically reporting you to Big Brother for what you were thinking. Tell me if they perceived my thoughts. :D


25 posted on 07/21/2021 3:39:42 PM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: GraceG

I had one of those. Major collector’s item now. Probably worth $20k if it still works.


26 posted on 07/21/2021 3:41:07 PM PDT by Kevmo (Right now there are 500 political prisoners in Washington, DC.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

“I want a beer and I want to see somethin’ naked”


27 posted on 07/21/2021 3:41:56 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ConservativeInPA
Hmm...., the Progressive Marxist/DSA Democrat conditioning for the BORG...
Captain Picard was right to fight the Borg....
28 posted on 07/21/2021 3:51:30 PM PDT by Doc91678 (Doc91678)
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To: Zack Attack

Just think in cursive and half the population couldn’t decipher it.


29 posted on 07/21/2021 4:01:59 PM PDT by GreyHoundSailor
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To: ConservativeInPA

“There-is-no-Sanctuary”-Logan’s Run


30 posted on 07/21/2021 4:02:17 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ((Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.))
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To: GraceG

A job for The General.

https://youtu.be/ljGH07Unfe8


31 posted on 07/21/2021 4:06:34 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Tension, apprehension, and dissension have begun.


32 posted on 07/21/2021 4:08:45 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: NWFree

Gull dam it! You stole my line!

LOL!


33 posted on 07/21/2021 4:10:04 PM PDT by crz
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To: NWFree

BTW, there has to be a mind in there for it to work.


34 posted on 07/21/2021 4:10:45 PM PDT by crz
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To: GreyHoundSailor

“Just think in cursive and half the population couldn’t decipher it.”

Hell, just think in proper English and half the population couldn’t comprehend it. Who needs secret codes when we have a failed education system!


35 posted on 07/21/2021 4:11:11 PM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: ConservativeInPA

Alexa, can you help me with this problem?


36 posted on 07/21/2021 4:31:26 PM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? Homer Simpson)
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To: SaxxonWoods

On the other hand if I could feed my wifes thoughts directly into a computer I could shut it off and have peace and quiet.


37 posted on 07/21/2021 5:07:14 PM PDT by oldasrocks
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To: Mark17

Of course.


38 posted on 07/21/2021 5:58:44 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (While the foundations are being destroyed, what are the righteous doing?)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Thanks for posting. Everyone needs to be informed.


39 posted on 07/21/2021 5:59:43 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (While the foundations are being destroyed, what are the righteous doing?)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

True, you have to have a brain to put the implant.


40 posted on 07/21/2021 6:08:58 PM PDT by dforest (huh)
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