Neuralink does not read your thoughts: Here is what it actually does

An expression of love has put Neuralink back at the center of the conversation: a man with ALS who can no longer speak clearly manages to get a computer to say “I love you” using signals from his brain. And the headline suggests that someone has just unlocked mind reading. But if we tell the story that way, we miss precisely what is most interesting. Exactly. What has been shown is powerful, moving, and medically important. But it is not a machine freely entering a person’s mind to discover what they think about all day. That is an enormous difference. Because decoding the intention to speak, through training and under the user’s direction, is one thing; accessing memories, secrets, involuntary opinions, or that inner conversation no one has asked to share is something else entirely.

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