A new computer developed in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University has the ability to read a person´s thoughts. Once trained, the computer can correctly identify thoughts, specifically words - and all they may evoke.
The Machine Learning Department´s Tom Mitchell believes they have discovered "a number of the basic building blocks that the brain uses to represent meaning" and that "These building blocks could be used to predict patterns for any concrete noun."
Despite the progress, the researchers realize the reality of reading real-time thoughts is far-off. "It can be hard to focus. Somewhere in the middle of that their stomach growls. And all of sudden they think, ´I´m hungry - oops,´" said Mitchell.
