Mind reading machine in the works
Posted on Mar 5, 07 10:21 PM PDT
At the pace technology is moving, it can get pretty scary at times, especially when you know scientists are now working on a machine that is capable of figuring out a human's intention before it results in action. Apparently our brain's prefrontal cortex region is activated whenever we are about to make a decision. All I know about the prefrontal cortex region, I learnt from Brain Age on my DS. A successful implementation will definitely see this device being made available in courtrooms and interrogation chambers. Will there be a new set of laws drafted to prosecute a person who has the intention of commiting a crime but does not follow through? Interesting times are definitely lined up ahead of us.
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By Minority Report , 06/03/07 7:56 AM (CommentID #112314)
This will be like the movie minority report. There will be whole new areas of crime now.
Interesting!
By Les , 06/03/07 5:53 AM (CommentID #112254)
I don't think that we're going to see PET scan machines in courtrooms anytime soon (which I believe is what is being displyed in the picture above). The way these machines work is that they use a radioactive isotope of a substance normally used by your body (in this case, the brain), and a certain part of the brain will light up on the scans when you are doing or thinking something. Neuroscientists have localized the planning of actions to the prefrontal cortex, but that's about all they can discern from a scan: that you are thinking about doing "something", not that you are thinking about doing a specific action. So, it's very unlikely that there is any technology available, or will be for many years, that is sophisticated enough to differentiate between the planning of different actions.
By Dan , 06/03/07 4:52 AM (CommentID #112218)
"Will there be a new set of laws drafted to prosecute a person who has the intention of commiting [sic] a crime but does not follow through?" - Um, no.
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