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Frighteningly suitable, that isn’t the first (or second) moment that we’ve seen scientists pat themselves on the back for creating a mind-reading machine, but a committed team from Carnegie Mellon has just announced a computer that “has been trained to read people’s minds by looking at scans of their brains as they thought about specific words.” In a completely unsurprising move, gurus familiar with the development are suggesting that

the breakthrough could be used to better understand how the brain organizes knowledge, and eventually, treat language disorders and learning disabilities more effectively. That’s all gravy from here, but when that stuff starts passing as evidence in court, you’ll know it’s day to seriously investigate a relocation to Mars.

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Original post by Darren Murph