>>> ALL RIGHT, GET READY, BECAUSE THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING IS MINDBENDING, OR ACTUALLY MIND READING. IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS CAPABLE OF READING OUR THOUGHTS. WE ARE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT TAKING WHAT WE WANT TO WATCH NEXT OR PRODUCTS WE MIGHT BUY, THIS NEXT BREAKTHROUGH IS A LOT DEEPER, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE VERY TISSUE OF OUR BRAINS. RESEARCHERS HAVE USED AI TO TRANSLATE RAIN SCANS INTO TEXT. FOR THIS STUDY SCIENTISTS CREATED A 3-D VIEW OF A PERSON'S BRAIN. WE GOT IT FOR YOU RIGHT THERE. THAT PINK STUFF, THAT MEANS ABOVE AVERAGE BRAIN ACTIVITY. THE BLUE SPOTS HAVE BELOW AVERAGE BRAIN ACTIVITY. AND WE SEE THAT AND WE ARE LIKE OKAY, THAT PART IS ACTIVATED AND THAT PART IS NOT, BUT RESEARCHERS SAY AI WAS ABLE TO TRANSLATE ALL OF THAT THAT YOU ARE SEEING INTO ENGLISH AND TURN IT INTO WHAT LOOKS LIKE INNER DIALOGUE. >> THIS IS A REAL LEAP FORWARD. YOU CAN GET THE GIST OF A SENTENCE OR WHAT A WORD IS RELATED TO. WE ARE GETTING HOLD STRINGS OF TEXT. AND COMPLICATED IDEAS. >> OKAY, SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? HERE ARE THE VOLUNTEERS, AND THEY WERE ASKED TO WATCH A MOVIE CLIP WITHOUT AUDIO. AND THIS IS WHAT THE AI DESCRIBED. YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE, ACTUAL STIMULUS. THEY DESCRIBE I SEE A GIRL THAT LOOKS LIKE ME GET HIT ON HER BACK AND THEN SHE IS KNOCKED OFF. THE BRAIN PROCESSED IT AND THE AI TYPED OUT WHAT THEY WERE THINKING. I AM STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT WOULD EVEN WORK. WE HAVE A FUTURIST AND LAW PROFESSOR AS WELL AS THE AUTHOR OF BATTLE FOR YOUR BRAIN DEFENDING THE RIGHT TO THINK FREELY. WELCOME, DR. RESEARCHERS ARE SAYING THAT THEY HOPE THIS COULD ONE DAY HELP VICTIMS OF A STROKE, BUT HOW DO YOU SEE THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY BEING USED? >> IT HAS TREMENDOUS PROMISE IN THAT IT OFFERS PEOPLE WITH BLOCKED IN THE SYNDROME SUFFERING FROM ALS OR OTHER CONDITIONS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR THOUGHTS INTERPRETED INTO SPEECH SO THAT THEY CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD. IT ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR EVERYDAY PEOPLE TO USE IT. WHEN THAT STARTS TO HAPPEN I WORRY ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR MENTAL PRIVACY AND FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AS INDIVIDUALS. >> JUST TO BE CLEAR, IN THIS CASE, PEOPLE ARE STICKING ELECTRODES -- THERE IS A LOT OF MONITORING. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS EXTRAORDINARY ABOUT THIS IS THAT THERE ARE NO ELECTRODES. THIS IS A BIG MACHINE. IT IS A MAGNETIC IMAGING MACHINE. PEOPLE WENT INTO THIS MACHINE NONINVASIVELY WITHOUT ELECTRODES AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PICK UP FLOW CHANGES IN THEIR BRAIN. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS INCREDIBLY REMARKABLE IS, I BELIEVE THE PRECISION OF WHAT THEY PICKED UP, BUT THEN THEY DECIDED TO TEST AND SEE IF THE MODELS THEY CREATED, WHICH WAS USING GENERATIVE AI. THEY WANTED TO SEE IF THEY COULD USE THAT SAME CLASSIFIER ON A PORTABLE SYSTEM, NOT A BIG BULKY DEVICE. SO THEY TRIED IT OUT ON FUNCTIONAL NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY. IT IS SOMETHING THEY CAN USE IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES TO TRACK BRAIN HEALTH AND EVERYDAY FOCUS AND MIND WANDERING. THEY FOUND THAT THEY COULD GET THE SAME LEVEL OF PRECISION USING THAT KIND OF PORTABLE DEVICE WITH THE CLASSIFIER THEY HAD DEVELOPED. IN OTHER WORDS, EVERYDAY MIND READING MAY BE POSSIBLE USING DEVICES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES. >> NONINVASIVE, AND GPT ONE, SO THIS WAS DONE BEFORE GPT FOUR. WE KNOW WHAT IS ON THE HORIZON. YOUR BOOK TALKS ABOUT MENTAL PRIVACY. WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS WHEN IT COMES TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND NEURO- TECHNOLOGIES THAT COULD INFRINGE ON THAT? >> THE COMING FUTURE THAT I SEE IS THE USE OF EVERYDAY RAIN WEARABLES. PEOPLE ARE USED TO WEARING SENSORS THAT TRACK HEART RATE OR TRACK THEIR SLEEP ACTIVITY IN THE FORM OF A WATCH OR A RING. NOW COMPANIES ARE STARTING TO BUY AND DEVELOP THEIR OWN NEUROTECHNOLOGY INTO EVERYDAY DEVICES LIKE WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING AND FEELING AND CHANGE WHAT THEY ARE SEEING IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE KINDS OF THINGS FEEDING INFORMATION TO THEM AND THE PLATFORM THEY INTERACT WITH. I AM WORRIED THERE IS A FUTURE THAT WE ARE JUST NOT READY FOR. >> I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE TALKING TO YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY. I HOPE YOU COME BACK. THANK YOU FOR THIS CONVERSATION AND HOPEFULLY IT IS ONE OF MANY
