Brain-machine interfaces implanted in the participants of this study in the supramarginal gyrus (SMG) and primary somatosensory cortex (S1) were successfully able to decode both internally spoken and vocalized words.
Brain-machine interfaces implanted in the participants of this study in the supramarginal gyrus (SMG) and primary somatosensory cortex (S1) were successfully able to decode both internally spoken and vocalized words.
On the one hand, this could be devastating for privacy purposes.
On the other hand, this could be groundbreaking and life-changing technology for people incapable of speech!
It’s kind of a “this is why we can’t have nice things” situation… except the other way around. The potential for abuse is probably WHY this technology will get funded…lol