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How a brain implant and AI gave a woman with paralysis her voice back

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  1. Bullmaestro
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    I wish we got a separate video of the full uncut footage so we could see the actual response times of this solution and see how quick it is compared to a Dynavox. How do we know if this is...

    "Footage has been condensed"

    I wish we got a separate video of the full uncut footage so we could see the actual response times of this solution and see how quick it is compared to a Dynavox.

    How do we know if this is revolutionary for its speed or just because a machine learning AI is able to decode brain waves with some level of accuracy? (Don't get me wrong. This, in itself, is a technological breakthrough, but I worry that UCSF may be overselling its significance.)

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  2. DialecticCake
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    This is quite a huge leap in technology (and results) from what this person regularly uses to communicate.

    This is quite a huge leap in technology (and results) from what this person regularly uses to communicate.

    3 votes