Thursday, March 2, 2023

Alpha F---ing Bravo


Great example of the human-computer interface in the incipient stages of artificial intelligence:
Brainwave-reading implant lets paralyzed man spell out 1,100 words
Nov 2022, phys.org

Yes.

"So if he was trying to say 'cat', he would say charlie-alpha-tango," Metzger told AFP.

A spelling interface then used language-modeling to crunch the data in real time, working out possible words or errors.

The researchers were able to decode more than 1,150 words, which represent "over 85 percent of the content in natural English sentences", the study said.

The man is referred to as BRAVO1, as the first participant of the Brain-Computer Interface Restoration of Arm and Voice trial.

via University of California San Francisco: Sean L. Metzger et al, Generalizable spelling using a speech neuroprosthesis in an individual with severe limb and vocal paralysis, Nature Communications (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33611-3

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