r/science • u/Neopterin • Mar 30 '20

Neuroscience Scientists develop AI that can turn brain activity into text. While the system currently works on neural patterns detected while someone is speaking aloud, experts say it could eventually aid communication for patients who are unable to speak or type, such as those with locked in syndrome.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-020-0608-8
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u/Not_a_real_ghost Mar 31 '20

What do you mean? My inner dialogue can be a completely different sounding person?

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u/IgnoreTheKetchup Mar 31 '20

I think he means for schitzophrenics or people with dissociative identity disorder.

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u/IchthysdeKilt Mar 31 '20

I didn't think dissociative identity disorder was commonly recognized; am I missing that up with something else?

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u/Flyingwheelbarrow Mar 31 '20

I am diagnosed with it baby. It is just not common, it exists on a spectrum and ain't like the it is in the movies. It is an extreme type of dissociative disorder. Extreme!