A.I. trained to read minds and translate private thought to text via brain scans

Researchers revealed today that they've demonstrated how an A.I. can essentially "read minds" by analyzing fMRI brain scans and translating that information into words reflecting the private thoughts of the human subject. 

The University of Texas at Austin neuroscientists published their astonishing results in the journal Nature Neuroscience. They trained the A.I. with measurements taken of the subjects' brain activity as they listened to narrative podcasts. The A.I. then learned to match those patterns with particular words and phrases from the podcast scripts. 

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