Hi friends, According to a recent study, scientists created a language parser that uses an AI tool similar to ChatGPT to convert speech into text. The finding is notable because it is the first time that continuous language has been non-invasively recovered from a person’s brain activity using a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) device. Using fMRI brain patterns, the tool was able to interpret the main points of stories that human subjects read, watched, or listened to—or even just pictured—in a way that safely lets it read people’s minds. Scientists expect that this tech, which is still in its infancy, may one day make it easier for people with neurological diseases that impair speech to chat easily with others.
Mind – reading tools could be used for evil
The team behind the decoder warns that mind – reading tools might potentially be used for evil acts. One of these could be illegal monitoring by the government. According to a report published on Monday in Nature Neuroscience, the authors stated that “brain-computer interfaces should respect mental privacy,” even if they noted that their tool needs a team effort of human subjects to function.
How the new AI tool work
Three people who each spent 16-hours listening to stories in an fMRI tool helped Tang and others create their tool. To connect the semantic aspects of the recorded stories with the brain activity noted in the fMRI data, the team trained an AI model known as GPT-1. It might then learn which words and phrases are linked to specific brain patterns.
