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That doesn't scare me, because I know full well that neuroscience is nowhere near advanced enough to read minds.
When that day comes, however…
Neuroscience, not yet. Data science absolutely is though.
we're getting close pretty fast. AI is accelerating things very quickly. I'd be willing to bet that millitary is researching this without announcing it.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/01/ai-makes-non-invasive-mind-reading-possible-by-turning-thoughts-into-text
Fear not though:
Jerry Tang, a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin and a co-author, said: “We take very seriously the concerns that it could be used for bad purposes and have worked to avoid that. We want to make sure people only use these types of technologies when they want to and that it helps them.”
they're taking it seriously
My head isn't inside an fMRI machine, nor is my phone connected to one, so they still can't read my mind with my phone.
Yeah, that's not even remotely reassuring. The instant it becomes feasible to read minds on a large scale, it will be immediately put to use for government surveillance and commercial exploitation. No one will give a single [expletive] about the objections of some college students. My only hope is to be dead before then.
thats kind of how I feel about it as well