Hard to believe it’s real, but it is. Developed at MIT.
From the company’s website: “Your thoughts stay private. AlterEgo only responds to intentional, silent speech. Your private thoughts stay private, and you direct every interaction.”
But that assertion assumes people can fully control their thoughts.
There are “neural rights” privacy experts who are heavily debating this tech. The nation of Chile went so far as to protect neural rights in their constitution.
Quote: We currently have a working prototype that, after training with user-specific example data, demonstrates over 90% accuracy on an application-specific vocabulary. The system is currently user-dependent and requires individual training. We are currently on working on iterations that would not require any personalization.
I think 90% accuracy makes it unusable, no?