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I’m leaving OpenAI to build telepathy

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Re: I’m leaving OpenAI to build telepathy

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Right but if someone was given a task, internal monologue or not, there will be some brainwave pattern to map thoughts to typing, right? Otherwise, how is the person typing? For a sufficiently complex task, I don't think you can rely on reflexes alone. If I understand the data collection method they're using, they will sit someone in front of a keyboard, give them some task, and collect both what they type out and th…

Sure, but remember the use case being discussed is interrogation. You have a tool that can collect what someone is trying to type, but they aren't trying to type. And, my point was, there may be zero words to collect at all, because they'll tend not to be actively thinking about any words.

Right, I forgot the initial context in my replies. My bad!

Re: I’m leaving OpenAI to build telepathy

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What these dimwits don't realize is that AI is already reading people's minds, just without all the extra hocus pocus that this new startup wants to add. Think about it, all the sycophantic attitude, all that "you're absolutely right!" — people are addicted and can't get enough of it because it's reading their minds. And now that OAI also sells ads, it also reads their minds regarding the stuff they're going to buy! Without an outright recipe for thought control this new startup won't make a dent.

Re: I’m leaving OpenAI to build telepathy

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This seems strictly worse than speech to text as input to AI? I cannot comprehend the output from AI fast enough for the speed difference between a verbal and thought response to matter. Not to mention the privacy nightmare of logging my raw thoughts in a corporate environment and potentially routing them to an LLM provider.

Most people get quite tired when talking for long periods. You can train that over a long period, but putting on a headset would certainly be more convenient.

Especially introverts! When I've been on calls all day long I'm wiped out.

Talking to a machine has the same effect on me.

Re: I’m leaving OpenAI to build telepathy

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Reading the utopian sentiment she exudes describing this vision (which, to me, seems very dystopian), it makes me wonder if the discrepancy can be explained simply by an age gap.

I'm trying to remember if I was as much a tech-optimist as she is, at her age. I remember fondly imagining a futuristic smart PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) that's everywhere with me and I can use it like in Sci-Fi movies and games.

I'm assuming this is roughly the same vision, for the next generation that already has smartphones?

Yet something about this new "modality" of listening in on your thoughts, hearing your brain, is just so icky and dystopian to me. Guess I'm old?

Re: I’m leaving OpenAI to build telepathy

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There isn’t unlimited funding. That’s temporary and it’s going to be great when it runs out.

That's just it, though; for people like the ones in SV, it doesn't run out. There's always a golden parachute, always a politician willing to give a bailout, always enough money to just stop working for good. When you reach that level, you have to work incredibly hard to screw things up.

I think you've not experienced one of the real downturns. There isn't always a golden parachute for most of the people involved.
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