News Scientists Develop GPT Model That Interprets Human Thoughts

[Admin]

Researchers with the University of Texas at Austin have developed GPT-1, a generative pre-trained model that allows scientists to "read" a person's brain and return natural language descriptions of the process.

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[domih]

It will work, it's just a question of years.

Note that this is not the first foray into scanning brains and deduce a rough image of the thoughts being thought. I remember watching a BBC documentary on the subject. What's new is the usage of LLM + GPT.

There is a genuine good medical application: quadriplegics can pilot devices such as phones or computers or artificial limbs by "simply" thinking.

 

[ralfthedog]

It will work, it's just a question of years.

Note that this is not the first foray into scanning brains and deduce a rough image of the thoughts being thought. I remember watching a BBC documentary on the subject. What's new is the usage of LLM + GPT.

There is a genuine good medical application: quadriplegics can pilot devices such as phones or computers or artificial limbs by "simply" thinking.

It all comes down to language. This text -> that response. Many complex systems can be described as a one way conversation. This input gives you that output. Math is a fantastic example.

 

[bit_user]

that subject's cooperation is currently required both to train and to apply the decoder

This point needs to be emphasized.

The technology seems immediately applicable for conscious individuals lacking the ability to easily speak or type. The late Stephen Hawking comes to mind. Others, with "locked-in syndrome", as well.

Totalitarian applications would probably require some sort of sophisticated implant, at the very least. That could be a decade away, or more. Yeah, still too close for comfort.

 

[gg83]

We are all doomed to be mindless drones for the Conglomerate.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

I’m thinking minority report will be real someday

 

[Heat_Fan89]

We are all doomed to be mindless drones for the Conglomerate.

I'm afraid, you might be right !

 

[Heat_Fan89]

I’m thinking minority report will be real someday

We are probably a lot closer to it than many would care to admit.