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Brain implant translates paralyzed man's thoughts into text with 94% accuracy

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Re: Brain implant translates paralyzed man's thoughts into text with 94% accuracy

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Post by divs1210 »

Waterluvian wrote: post #17
savant_penguin wrote: post #13

> (Don't think this nurse is hot! Don't think this nurse is hot! Holy shit she's hot.) > (You can do this) > (OMG, is it on already?) > (You can do this) > (What a nice bottom) > (Don't think bottom you idiot) > (She's entering the room, think something else, now, fast, bunny bunny) > (Bunny) > (Bunny) > (Bunny, you got this)

I feel like if we got a perfect transcript of our internal monologue, we’d all be shocked at how much we think but instantly forget.

reminds me of a segment from HHGG in which a species started to make noise so they won't hear each others' thoughts.

Re: Brain implant translates paralyzed man's thoughts into text with 94% accuracy

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Post by ugh123 »

savant_penguin wrote: post #13

> (Don't think this nurse is hot! Don't think this nurse is hot! Holy shit she's hot.) > (You can do this) > (OMG, is it on already?) > (You can do this) > (What a nice bottom) > (Don't think bottom you idiot) > (She's entering the room, think something else, now, fast, bunny bunny) > (Bunny) > (Bunny) > (Bunny, you got this)

certainly needs some kind of 'Confirm?' handling, however that would work..

Re: Brain implant translates paralyzed man's thoughts into text with 94% accuracy

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Post by danielvaughn »

Verdex wrote: post #164
Waterluvian wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel like if we got a perfect transcript of our internal monologue, we’d all be shocked at how much we think but instantly forget.

Feels almost like the setup for a horror story. It turns out everyone's inner monologue is saying absolutely terrifying things, but then we just immediately forget. Schizophrenia turns out to just be the ability to remember and notice the things we're all saying. And with that thought, I wonder if this sort of technology might be really useful for people with intrusive thoughts or schizophrenia, etc. Being able to ob…

I've had several occasions where some absolutely insane thought occurs to me during a wedding or a funeral. Makes me feel like a psychopath lol.

Re: Brain implant translates paralyzed man's thoughts into text with 94% accuracy

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Post by rileyphone »

fontofzeor wrote: post #66
gonehome wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m pretty skeptical of people that make this claim. It’s just surprising to me that a base level feature would work so differently. I’d expect some variation in models (like that old Feynman video about counting), but if you can speak and use language it’s hard for me to accept literally no internal voice is going on. I’ve always kinda suspected people making this claim are lacking introspection to such an extreme e…

I truly believe this can be quite different between people. Personally I don't have "a" inner voice, but a quorum of three, all of which together form "my" thoughts

probably better than a bickering Italian couple! https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/25/the-last-gre...

Re: Brain implant translates paralyzed man's thoughts into text with 94% accuracy

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Post by ForgotIdAgain »

danielvaughn wrote: post #173
Verdex wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Feels almost like the setup for a horror story. It turns out everyone's inner monologue is saying absolutely terrifying things, but then we just immediately forget. Schizophrenia turns out to just be the ability to remember and notice the things we're all saying. And with that thought, I wonder if this sort of technology might be really useful for people with intrusive thoughts or schizophrenia, etc. Being able to ob…

I've had several occasions where some absolutely insane thought occurs to me during a wedding or a funeral. Makes me feel like a psychopath lol.

You are not alone : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrusive_thought

Re: Brain implant translates paralyzed man's thoughts into text with 94% accuracy

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Post by caymanjim »

gonehome wrote: post #59

I wonder if it’d be faster if you imagined typing instead of writing (obviously would require the patient to be a proficient typist).

This was my first thought. Writing is incredibly slow. I can barely even operate a pen anymore. I don't see any reason why this mechanism couldn't be used on any thought patterns. If the subtle motions of typing aren't high-fidelity enough to be differentiated, I still wouldn't have chosen normal letter patterns; I'd design a new motion alphabet that is much easier and faster to "write" by thought.

The article alludes to this:

> the researchers say that alphabetical letters are very different from one another in shape, so the AI can decode the user's intention more rapidly as the characters are drawn, compared to other BCI systems that don't make use of dozens of different inputs in the same way

The fact that it works so well on these complex motions means it can probably work better and faster if they use an alphabet with simpler--but still distinct--motions. Probably lots of lessons to be learned from shorthand and other rapid transcription techniques.

Losing the ability to communicate scares the hell out of everyone. This is amazing progress. And it'll have plenty of applications even for able-bodied people.

Re: Brain implant translates paralyzed man's thoughts into text with 94% accuracy

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Post by LynxInLA »

CapmCrackaWaka wrote: post #88

Interesting that the user has to think of specific letters to spell out a word. I guess the 26 distinct English letters are much easier to parse and separate than the untold thousands of words, especially when those words could be used in different contexts. I bet the next step wouldn't be to even parse words to make a sentence. It seems to me the next low hanging fruit would be to enable this machine to parse common…

I think the next step would be predictive text. Have 3+ symbols that correspond to a screen that is in the subject's eye line. Basically just leverage the current tech to streamline this.

Re: Brain implant translates paralyzed man's thoughts into text with 94% accuracy

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Post by tigerBL00D »

savant_penguin wrote: post #13

> (Don't think this nurse is hot! Don't think this nurse is hot! Holy shit she's hot.) > (You can do this) > (OMG, is it on already?) > (You can do this) > (What a nice bottom) > (Don't think bottom you idiot) > (She's entering the room, think something else, now, fast, bunny bunny) > (Bunny) > (Bunny) > (Bunny, you got this)

LOL. I think the system actually interprets you wanting to move your hand as if you're writing, like tracing each letter. It's not listening to your thoughts and transcribing. Actual thoughts are very non linear, I think. Transcribe that and it would be sort of like a Trump speech I guess. Lol

Re: Brain implant translates paralyzed man's thoughts into text with 94% accuracy

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Post by Sohcahtoa82 »

doliveira wrote: post #107
desmosxxx wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've always been a bit perplexed by the claim of not having an inner monologue, but after reading the replies to your comment I wonder if I'm closer to not having an inner monologue than having one. I thought it was about not being able to summon an inner voice at all. Regardless, it's fascinating to read peoples descriptions and see that it lies on a spectrum. I definitely experience it when reading & writing carefu…

May I ask you if your inner voice has an accent, can you recognize a tone to it? It was very weird when I realized that other people can imagine their thoughts having a physical voice.

My inner voice by default sounds like how much own voice sounds to me, but I can make it sound like anyone I know, even with accents, though I can't speak with those accents because I don't know how to move my mouth to precisely make the sounds.
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