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2019-08-05 Thread Jevan Pipitone
https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/mind-reading-may-help-those-who-cannot-speak/ 2019jul31 cosmosmagazine.com 'Mind-reading' may help those who cannot speak NEWS BIOLOGY 31 JULY 2019 Decoding brain signals can make conversation possible. Mark Bruer reports. Researchers have decoded brain

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2019-08-04 Thread Karl Auer
On Mon, 2019-08-05 at 11:52 +1000, David wrote: > On Monday, 5 August 2019 11:07:17 AEST Karl Auer wrote: > > > > > > > > This is a vastly different proposition to decoding thoughts. > > Well - yes and no. And you still need to decode the speech. > Interesting...  I interpreted "decoding

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2019-08-04 Thread David
On Monday, 5 August 2019 11:07:17 AEST Karl Auer wrote: >> This is a vastly different proposition to decoding thoughts. > > Well - yes and no. And you still need to decode the speech. Interesting... I interpreted "decoding thoughts" as identifying a concept, or an intention, before it's

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2019-08-04 Thread David
On Sunday, 4 August 2019 11:40:47 AEST Karl Auer wrote: > It is now. That doesn't mean it can never be. We should not discard a > technology because it is rough now. But likewise we shouldn't trust it while > it is still rough - or rather we should know its limits and use it within > them.

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2019-08-04 Thread Karl Auer
On Mon, 2019-08-05 at 10:45 +1000, David wrote: > On Sunday, 4 August 2019 11:40:47 AEST Karl Auer wrote: > > > > > > > > I can't imagine thought commands being better fidelity. > > You know better than to use the argument from personal incredulity > > :-) > [...]the device picked up nerve

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2019-08-04 Thread David
On Sunday, 4 August 2019 11:40:47 AEST Karl Auer wrote: >> I can't imagine thought commands being better fidelity. > > You know better than to use the argument from personal incredulity :-) I think Jan's right! Recently The Guardian ran a piece "Neuroscientists decode brain speech signals into

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2019-08-03 Thread Karl Auer
On Sun, 2019-08-04 at 10:47 +1000, JLWhitaker wrote: > Exactly. I replied to the friend who sent the link to me that relying > on voice input is nuts. It is now. That doesn't mean it can never be. We should not discard a technology because it is rough now. But likewise we shouldn't trust it while

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2019-08-03 Thread JLWhitaker
On 4/08/2019 10:22 AM, Roger Clarke wrote: On 4/8/19 9:30 am, JLWhitaker wrote: We gotta have better do overs. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/03/wrongful-arrest-life-saving-romance-typos-that-changed-lives The disappointing thing about the article is that he finishes

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2019-08-03 Thread Roger Clarke
On 4/8/19 9:30 am, JLWhitaker wrote: We gotta have better do overs. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/03/wrongful-arrest-life-saving-romance-typos-that-changed-lives The disappointing thing about the article is that he finishes with a comment that's both a non sequitur and