Reading someone else’s thoughts, knowing what they’re feeling is always interesting and frightening to us. This idea is often reflected in science fiction movies, books and games. Neuroscience, which is interested in this field, tries to make it possible to read emotions and thoughts by using new technologies.
With the development of artificial intelligence, the question of “Can brain reading be performed with artificial intelligence” has also come to the fore. In this article, you will find a compilation of the developments in this field and the studies on whether it is possible to read the brain.
The point reached in brain reading technology:
- China and the USA are leading artificial intelligence and neuroscience research. The US Department of Defense is developing technology that can be used to restore memories.
- Not just scientists; Various companies are also making progress in this regard, including big players like Elon Musk’s Neuralink and Facebook. Facebook had funded a project to create a brain-computer interface that would allow users to communicate without speaking. Neuralink, on the other hand, is working on brain implants and in April 2021 released a video of a monkey playing games with its mind using the company’s implanted chip.
- Kernel, an American company, had developed a headset that could record brain activity in real time for the consumer market.
Can a lie detector finally become real?
Although there are derivatives used for entertainment purposes or police interrogations, these are still not devices that provide reliable 100% accurate information. At this stage, a polygraph that provides accurate information has not been invented yet.
For what purpose can these technologies be used?
Although these technologies are still not available to the public, you can use these devices to monitor your employees’ brain waves and learn about their emotions. Or you can learn a credit card password from someone’s brain activity.
In addition to all these, these medical devices can also be used in hospitals. For example, for people who are bedridden, paralyzed, unable to speak and communicate in hospitals, the way to reconnect with the world may be to use these devices. Since the machines are thought to interact with human neurons, it is thought that this technology can also be used in the health field to understand and treat diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
It can be understood in which concepts the students whose brain activity is measured
There are various brain imaging devices such as PET, EEG, fMRI to read the brain’s activity. Cognitive psychologists with an fMRI machine can tell if a person is having depressive thoughts. In addition, by comparing a student’s brain patterns with those of their teacher, they can see which concepts they are good at.
There may be no need to read the brain with artificial intelligence
Neuroscientist Norman from Princeton University (Princeton University) states that it is not entirely possible to read the brain with fMRI devices, but that artificial intelligence can He stated that this may not be necessary with learning models. When artificial intelligence learns the brain modeling of the person and the thought codes, in short, when it solves the connection between the active parts of the brain and words/letters, paralyzed patients and patients who have lost their ability to speak for any reason will be able to express themselves.
At this point, today’s neurotechnology still cannot decipher thoughts or emotions. However, with the learning systems of artificial intelligence, we can reach this goal in a short time and have information about brain models and thought codes.
What about our neurorights?
With these developments, both the public and the states around the world seem to be worried about neurorights. Chile, for example, is working on the world’s first law that will guarantee neurorights to its citizens. Spain had adopted a non-binding Digital Rights Covenant to guide future legislative projects. The fact that neurotechnology is a newly developing field and there is not much information about this field makes the prepared laws limited. However, it is seen that people’s concerns about this issue have increased in the global sense and an awakening has begun.
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