Kurzweil did an experiment of decoding brain activity into output about five years ago, imperfect but significant.
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A personal experiment whose details only he would document.
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Ray Kurzweil, “Kurzweil did an experiment of decoding brain activity into output about five years ago, imperfect but significant.” (said March 2025). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_dc3a6ee1fbb1, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_dc3a6ee1fbb1
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