...Well, not really. Yes, we can now use fMRI to read thoughts without electrodes, but we can't do it from across the room.
And by reading thoughts we mean the semantic meaning of thoughts, not word-for-word translations. The primary use of this technology, ultimately, would be to allow thought control of devices without the need to implant electrodes. This could be anything from a completely paralyzed person controlling their wheelchair (and potentially a speech synthesizer) to "Alexa, play..."
fMRI machines are way too big to do this just yet and the likely first use will be mobility and other devices for the disabled when we do crack it.
And possibly the thought police. Let's hope not, though.
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