Brain-Reading AI Should Aim Beyond Faster Typing, Argues Viral Essay on EEG's Century
heyshrutimishra · x · 2026-10-18
The author argues brain-reading tech keeps being aimed at faster typing — the wrong goal. The linked article traces EEG from Hans Berger's 1924 telepathy dream to today's neural sensors and deep learning, envisioning AI that understands what you mean without typed or spoken prompts.
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