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A proof-of-concept neural brain implant providing speech

(arstechnica.com)
120 points LorenDB | 1 comments | 29 Jun 25 12:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.261s | source
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pingou ◴[02 Jul 25 09:44 UTC] No.44441760[source]▶
Telepathy is on its way. Next step they just skip the conversion of brain signals to words and just directly send the signals to another brain. But I think some conversion/translation would still be necessary.
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Cthulhu_ ◴[02 Jul 25 09:53 UTC] No.44441799[source]▶
I think (futurology / science fiction) that they will make some kind of brain link, but there won't be any translations happening in between, just raw brain signals from one to the other, like an extra sensory input; there won't be any encoding or data that can be translated to speech or images, but the connected brains will be able to learn to comprehend and send the signals to / from each other and learn to communicate that way.
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z3t4 ◴[02 Jul 25 10:16 UTC] No.44441943[source]▶
We are so different, but I guess with a lot of training we could interpret each others thoughts. A first step would be to record your own thoughts and then replay them in order to see if you experience the same thing you did when the thoughts where recorded. It's possible that our brain is constantly re-configuring so that even your own recorded thoughts would make no sense.
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1. aspenmayer ◴[03 Jul 25 00:23 UTC] No.44450291[source]▶
This is sort of explored in the film Strange Days, which is probably not very well known generally but perhaps would have a large fan base on HN.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Days_(film)

Had no idea til I looked it up just now that James Cameron did the story, of Avatar, which shares a lot of tech influences with Strange Days. They could even be in the same cinematic universe, though many years apart.