Artificial Intelligence Update

As we learn more and more about the human brain, interpreting neural activity accurately is becoming possible. It's now possible to roughly tell what a person is thinking about and even create a motion picture of what a person is viewing based solely on measuring brain activity (within limits):

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427323.500-brain-scanners-can-tell-what-youre-thinking-about.html

Computing Update

Using functional magnetic resonance imaging to read a person's mind (well, sort of...):

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22201/?a=f

Computing Update

Computers can now read and interpret the results of an MRI scan in what is, essentially, mind-reading:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/31/60minutes/main4694713.shtml

Be sure to play the video on the page to see the 60 Minutes interview demonstrating the technology. The researcher involved in the project predicts we'll have the ability to read complex thoughts within three to five years.