Mind-Reading Computer Moves Closer to Reality
From: Network World - 07/19/2017
By: Patrick Nelson

A brain-to-machine telepathic-like interface is becoming more likely
following successful machine learning applied to fMRI scans

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have developed Deep
Generative Multiview Model (DGMM), a mind-reading program that deciphers
symbols that people have viewed. The software scans a person's brain activity
and then redraws the numerals and symbols previously seen by the subject. The
program uses functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) imaging to analyze
the visual cortex and capture brain activity data. The researchers then run
an algorithm on the data, which interprets the signals and maps them, thus
recreating the image. "Now, eerily sophisticated software is starting to
decode that brain activity and assign meaning to it; fMRI is also becoming a
window on the mind," the CAS researchers say. Although other techniques have
been used to achieve the same feat, the CAS researchers claim their method is
the most accurate. The researchers say their technology eventually could be
used to record and re-watch dreams.

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Link:
Telepathic Computer Reads Your Mind to See What You See
http://english.cas.cn/newsroom/research_news/201705/t20170511_176994.shtml