Interesting Links for 10-01-2016

[andrewducker]

• Forbes forces readers to turn off ad blockers, promptly serves malware
  • malware advertising OhForFucksSake web
• Researchers find a way to decipher some words in the mind before they are spoken
  • So, given a few years to up the accuracy and reduce the size of the components, and a decent text-to-speech converter, we have telepathy!
  • telepathy technology

Comments

[gonzo21]

Wow, that telepathy thing could potentially revolutionise interrogations, no? Doesn't matter how good a liar somebody is, the police/security services just hook them up to the machine, ask the questions, and read the pre-formed thoughts?

[meowpurrr]

my first thought too :|

[gonzo21]

And 'if he thought he was guilty, does that make him actually guilty?'

[pennski]

He is Arnold J Rimmer. That is his crime. It is also his punishment.

[andrewducker]

Depends on whether it only picks up words that you're actually about to say, or if it also picks up words that you're just thinking of possibly saying.

If it's the latter, then yeah.

[gonzo21]

Be fascinating to find out how deep into the brain they'll get over the next 40-50 years.