[HN Gopher] Semantic reconstruction of continuous language from ...
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Semantic reconstruction of continuous language from non-invasive
brain recording
Author : Ninjinka
Score : 56 points
Date : 2022-09-30 18:10 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| gpderetta wrote:
| Dixie Flatline construct getting closer every day.
| Ninjinka wrote:
| A thread on the paper:
| https://twitter.com/jerryptang/status/1575846939543076865?s=...
| elliekelly wrote:
| This is SO cool but also a little bit terrifying.
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| And while there are tons of very important and practical (and
| potentially dangerous) human implementations my first thought
| was: one step closer to being able to talk to dogs!
| turnsout wrote:
| Does anyone with domain knowledge know how big of a leap it would
| be to apply this research beyond fMRI? The results are
| incredible.
| Ninjinka wrote:
| Certainly makes you wonder what something like Neuralink will
| be capable of if these kinds of results can be had from
| something as low-resolution as fMRI.
| KidComputer wrote:
| Nice, it can also work on non-linguistic semantic tasks. How long
| till we have to report into government thought screening centers
| that check our responses to propaganda?
| layer8 wrote:
| > subject cooperation is required both to train and to apply the
| decoder.
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| I suspect that subject-specific training will always remain
| necessary (due to individual differences in how brains encode any
| given concept), and probably also their cooperation.
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| But the quantified-self crowd will now be able to record their
| every thought, at least to some approximation.
| dqpb wrote:
| Can we pipe this into a diffusion model and generate a persons
| dream sequence while they sleep?
| throwaway14356 wrote:
| sounds like an epic movie generator. Who knows, maybe if one
| wrote enough stuff and/or spend enough time in front of cameras
| we can generate the dreams too - from people long gone.
| alphabetting wrote:
| _Our study demonstrates that continuous language can be decoded
| from non-invasive brain recordings, enabling future multipurpose
| brain-computer interfaces._
|
| Super cliche but definitely getting "singularity is near"
| thoughts seeing the insane papers coming out in AI recently.
| cyanydeez wrote:
| Cross this with dalleee And should be super freaky
| throwaway14356 wrote:
| typing prompts seems so primitive all of a sudden.
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| cosmobot wrote:
| Imagine the possible benefits such technology could allow to
| those suffering from Locked-in syndrome or similar conditions
| making regular speech impossible.
| morelisp wrote:
| Imagine having locked-in syndrome and having the computer
| everyone trusts misinterpret your attempts at expression.
| semitones wrote:
| "computer everyone trusts" - I'm pretty sure people would
| take the computer in question with a grain of salt for _many_
| years to come
| Animats wrote:
| Wow, they got that from fMRI data with an individual signal
| bandwidth of maybe 0.1Hz. This is like blurred image
| reconstruction. It's amazing that it works.
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| It's also like figuring out what a CPU is doing by looking at at
| heat dissipation images of the chip. fMRI is reading blood flow,
| not electrical signals.
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| If someone figures out how to read electrical activity deep in
| the brain without electrodes, it looks like decoding will be
| possible.
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