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Context: https://xkcd.com/327/
I seem to have forgotten who we're talking about. I really dropped the ball. On the table.
I seem to have missed the joke. :/
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#182Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Every technology has its ups and downs. The same nitrates can grow plants or blow up a building. This is like saying "thermonuclear weapon tech has its ups and downs". It is technically correct, but we are talking about the (lack of) balance here. Not being able to think privately could be the end of civilisation as we know it.
Nuclear technology does have its ups and downs as in power generation, medical imaging, and advanced physics experiments versus thermonuclear weapons. If anything you are only highlighting the negative variant in your argument.
> Nuclear technology does have its ups and downs
Nuclear technology is a superset of nuclear weapon technology. I am not saying all neuroscience is bad, just this specific topic.
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#183I did a PhD in brain-computer interfaces, including EEG and implanted electrodes. BCI research to a big extent focuses on helping paralyzed individuals regain communication. Unfortunately, EEG doesn’t provide sufficient signal-to-noise ratio to support good communication speeds outside of the lab with Faraday cages and days/weeks of de-noising including removing eye-movement artifacts in the recordings. This is a phy…
I just did a two day ambulatory eeg and noted anytime I did anything that would be electrically noisy. For example going through a metal detector or handling a phone. Unsurprisingly one of their biggest sources of noise is handling a plugged in phone. I think something like an EEG faraday beanie would actually work and adding accessory egocentric video would allow doctors to filter a lot of the noise out.
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#184Everyone is this thread immediately went to mind readers as interrogation. But what about introspection? Many forms of teaching and therapy exist because we are incapable of self analyzing in a completely objective way. Being able to analyze your thought patterns outside your own head could lead to all sorts of improvements. You could find which teaching techniques are actually the most effective. You could objective…
Automatic logs would be cool. It’s not only introspection itself that is hard but also that you have to remember to introspect and write down events for further analysis. Assuming you can trust the precision.
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#185Everyone is this thread immediately went to mind readers as interrogation. But what about introspection? Many forms of teaching and therapy exist because we are incapable of self analyzing in a completely objective way. Being able to analyze your thought patterns outside your own head could lead to all sorts of improvements. You could find which teaching techniques are actually the most effective. You could objective…
> Being able to analyze your thought patterns outside your own head could lead to all sorts of improvements. Typing in a journal text file for 15 minutes every morning is already a thing... and it's free.
I found it completely useless in my therapy seasons. These trains of thoughts are more like hallucination than real thoughts, because you think different at writing than during the day. I’m not even sure if keeping a diary makes you understand yourself better or just become more coherent with your delusions.
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#186I did a PhD in brain-computer interfaces, including EEG and implanted electrodes. BCI research to a big extent focuses on helping paralyzed individuals regain communication. Unfortunately, EEG doesn’t provide sufficient signal-to-noise ratio to support good communication speeds outside of the lab with Faraday cages and days/weeks of de-noising including removing eye-movement artifacts in the recordings. This is a phy…
I just did a two day ambulatory eeg and noted anytime I did anything that would be electrically noisy. For example going through a metal detector or handling a phone. Unsurprisingly one of their biggest sources of noise is handling a plugged in phone. I think something like an EEG faraday beanie would actually work and adding accessory egocentric video would allow doctors to filter a lot of the noise out.
also, just blinking or tensing muscles on your scalp
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#187This 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…
Hopefully in 2200 we’ll be long gone from all important fields in favor of new tech species who lack all the bs humans inherently bear on each other. If not, our own fault. Our species is a thin layer of culture on top of the “who most dominant ape here” game.
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#188Earlier quoted context omitted.
What’s your thoughts of Elon’s NeuraLink? Also, do you have an opinion on whether good AI algorithms (like in the article) can help filter out or parse a lot of the noise?
In my understanding, NeuraLink is just a research project thaf musk invested into and did some PR for. I wouldn't read into it more than that. Like any other similar BCI research project feel free to ignore it until papers are published. That is, unless you are involved in the field.
In my understanding it is a research project that has a lot more funding than others in the field and therefore it might be better positioned for a breakthrough. Am I mistaken?
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#189 And if my thought-dreams could be seen
They’d probably put my head in a guillotine
But it’s alright, Ma, it’s life, and life onlyRe: BrainGPT turns thoughts into text
#190Why not link to the paper instead of this shitty website? https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.14030v2