Scientists have developed the world's first artificial intelligence capable of reading thoughts, translating brain waves into readable text. This technology uses a helmet equipped with sensors that monitor specific electrical activity in the brain while the wearer is thinking, converting it into words. A team from the University of Technology in Sydney has created this revolutionary technique, stating that it "could revolutionize the care of patients who have become silent due to strokes or paralysis."
A demonstration video shows a person thinking of a sentence displayed on the screen, which is then transformed into what the AI model decoded, with nearly perfect matching results. The team also believes that "the innovation will allow for smooth control of devices, such as prosthetic limbs and robots, enabling humans to give instructions merely by thinking them."
Lead researcher Professor C.T. Lin stated, "This research represents a pioneering effort to translate raw EEG waves directly into language." Previous technologies for translating brain signals into language required either surgical implantation of electrodes in the brain, like Elon Musk's Neuralink, or scanning with an MRI machine, which is expensive and difficult to use in daily life. However, the new technology utilizes a simple helmet worn on the head to read what the individual is thinking.
To test the technology, Lin and his team conducted experiments with 29 participants who were shown a sentence or phrase on the screen and had to think about reading it. The AI model then displayed the translation derived from the participant's brain waves. The team noted that "the translation accuracy is currently about 40%, but they continue to work to enhance this rate to 90%."
