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Re: BrainGPT turns thoughts into text

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Post by SubiculumCode »

rvnx wrote: post #9
giancarlostoro wrote: post #2

This is very impressive and useful, and horrifying all at once. I imagine it would help a stroke patient, I also imagine it would give out unfiltered thoughts, which might be troublesome.

I agree sadly :( You're right, this is why in year 2200, your job application is going to be fast-tracked by analyzing your thoughts directly. If you have a Neuralink, no problems, you can directly upload a trace of thoughts. In case you have wrong thoughts, don't worry, we have rehabilitation school, which can alter your state of mind. Don't forget to be happy, it's forbidden to be sad. Also, this is read-only for n…

When your bosses require you to wear one of these while working from home.

Re: BrainGPT turns thoughts into text

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Post by dang »

brookst wrote: post #5
notnmeyer wrote: post #3

pretty interesting but with how much current llms get wrong or hallucinate i’d be pretty wary of trusting the output, at least currently. amazing to think of where this could be in 10 or 20 years.

You’re saying this brand new experimental technology may be imperfect?

I completely understand the reflex against shallow dismissal of groundbreaking work, but please don't respond by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes things worse.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: BrainGPT turns thoughts into text

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Post by rvnx »

SubiculumCode wrote: post #11
rvnx wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree sadly :( You're right, this is why in year 2200, your job application is going to be fast-tracked by analyzing your thoughts directly. If you have a Neuralink, no problems, you can directly upload a trace of thoughts. In case you have wrong thoughts, don't worry, we have rehabilitation school, which can alter your state of mind. Don't forget to be happy, it's forbidden to be sad. Also, this is read-only for n…

When your bosses require you to wear one of these while working from home.

To stay focused and analyze your pattern. Oh, so that's what they meant by "Attention Is All You Need".

Re: BrainGPT turns thoughts into text

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Post by codedokode »

admax88qqq wrote: post #6
notnmeyer wrote: post #3

pretty interesting but with how much current llms get wrong or hallucinate i’d be pretty wary of trusting the output, at least currently. amazing to think of where this could be in 10 or 20 years.

Combine hallucinations with police adopting this as the new polygraph and this could take a pretty bad turn. Cool tech though, lots of positive applications too.

Why only police? Install mind-readers at every home.

Re: BrainGPT turns thoughts into text

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Post by Sanzig »

admax88qqq wrote: post #6
notnmeyer wrote: post #3

pretty interesting but with how much current llms get wrong or hallucinate i’d be pretty wary of trusting the output, at least currently. amazing to think of where this could be in 10 or 20 years.

Combine hallucinations with police adopting this as the new polygraph and this could take a pretty bad turn. Cool tech though, lots of positive applications too.

If noninvasive mind reading ever becomes practical, we need to recognize the right to refuse a brain scan a universal human right. Additionally, it should be banned from being used for evidence in the courtroom.

Unfortunately there will be authoritarian regimes that will use and abuse this type of tech, but we need to take a firm stand against it in liberal democracies at the very least.

Re: BrainGPT turns thoughts into text

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Post by spookybones »

admax88qqq wrote: post #6
notnmeyer wrote: post #3

pretty interesting but with how much current llms get wrong or hallucinate i’d be pretty wary of trusting the output, at least currently. amazing to think of where this could be in 10 or 20 years.

Combine hallucinations with police adopting this as the new polygraph and this could take a pretty bad turn. Cool tech though, lots of positive applications too.

I wonder if a subject has to train it first, such as by reading a bunch of prompts while trying to imagine them. Or, are our linguistic neural networks all very similar? If the former is true, it would at least be a bit harder to work as a polygraph. You wouldn't be able to just strap on the helmet and read someone's thoughts accurately.

Re: BrainGPT turns thoughts into text

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Post by nextworddev »

joenot443 wrote: post #7

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