Meta’s Latest Tech Advancement Can Read Your Mind
By Movieguide® Contributor
Meta just made a massive breakthrough in brain-reading technology.
Vox reported that researchers at Meta’s Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR) lab accurately decoded “unspoken sentences from brain signals recorded outside the skull — no surgery required.”
“Building on our previous work toward decoding the perception of images and speech from brain activity, we’re sharing research that successfully decodes the production of sentences from non-invasive brain recordings, accurately decoding up to 80% of characters, and thus often reconstructing full sentences solely from brain signals,” Meta said in a blog post. “In a second study, we’re detailing how AI can also help us understand these brain signals and clarifying how the brain effectively transforms thoughts into a sequence of words.”
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The experiment was done by using 35 healthy individuals who typed sentences. Their brain waves were measured as they typed, and the results were astounding. The individuals’ brain activity trained an AI model. “Essentially, part of the model learned to match patterns of brain activity to the letters someone was typing at the time,” Vox said. The technology decoded a majority of their sentences, a promising breakthrough for those who suffer from brain conditions that may hinder their ability to speak of write.
“Our effort is not at all towards products,” said Jean-Rémi King, who leads Meta’s Brain & AI research team. “In fact, my message is always to say I don’t think there is a path for products because it’s too difficult.”
Meta isn’t the first tech company to explore brain-to-text technology. Elon Musk’s Neuralink was a forerunner, and so far, it has successfully implanted chips in three people’s brains to help them overcome disabilities. Since then, companies have been seeking ways to further the tech to help people accomplish tasks that they otherwise could not. However, not everyone wants a chip implanted in their brain, so researchers have sought ways to accomplish this non-invasively.
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