AI Won't be Reading Your Mind Anytime Soon
A Japanese researcher claims to be able to decipher images from the brain using AI. Despite the study's promising results, experts say that AI still has a long way to go before being able to read thoughts.
Irina Raicu, director of internet ethics here at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, said via email that there are experiments in neuroscience that use AI tools in various ways, like the one described in this study. Still, researchers have gone to great lengths to push back against mind-reading claims.
"All of us need to be careful so we don't contribute to the sea of misinformation swirling around AI developments, which makes our responses to the actual technology less effective," Raicu added.
Raicu said that when AI is trained on datasets including personal data, one concern is that the data might be included in specific AI-generated outputs and lead to unintended disclosures of information.
"As everywhere in the digital realm, there is also the broader issue of a lack of consent: people whose data is used to train AI were not anticipating such a use and never consented to it," Raicu added.
Irina Raicu, director, internet ethics, quoted by Lifewire.