Mind reading using an electroencephalogram (EEG) is making progress, experts say. According to neuroscientist Gyula Kovács from the University of Jena, artificial intelligence is responsible for this.
The content of thoughts cannot be determined by conventional methods, neither by EEG nor by other measurements of brain activity, Kovács says. However, the development of state-of-the-art technologies and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) make this possible, at least to a limited extent.
AI is “the most important development in recent years for the analysis of EEG data,” he continued. It has made it possible to make certain parts of consciousness visible. “Before, that was absolutely not possible.”
For example, you can keep track of whether someone has seen a series or not, or whether someone recognizes a person. You have to ask the ethical question to what extent you want to use the technology.
Recognize lies
EEG expert Jan Rémi, head of the Munich Epilepsy Center, also said: “We are still far from mind reading. But I do believe that in the coming years you will be able to tell whether someone is lying or not.” EEG signals, with their hundreds and thousands of waves, offer countless analysis options that can be better evaluated in the future with the help of AI.
An EEG shows the electrical activity of the brain. The psychiatrist Hans Berger made the first recording 100 years ago – on July 6, 1924 – in Jena. Similar recordings had been made earlier with animals.
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