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Former OpenAI researcher joins Conduit to develop thought-to-text AI
Former OpenAI alignment researcher Naomi Bashkansky has joined AI startup Conduit as a founding researcher after resigning from OpenAI on July 23, Times Now reports. She says Conduit is training models to…
The Story in Brief
Former OpenAI alignment researcher Naomi Bashkansky has joined AI startup Conduit as a founding researcher after resigning from OpenAI on July 23, Times Now reports. She says Conduit is training models to convert non-invasive brain signals into text, with a possible path to thought-controlled AI assistants. Bashkansky envisions neural headbands by 2027, direct thought-based communication with AI by 2030 and more seamless integration by 2035.
India Today reports that Conduit is recruiting participants for two-hour sessions using a four-pound electrode helmet, offering up to $55, or about Rs 5,200. Participants can join up to 32 sessions. The company says it is collecting speech, reading and typing data to train its systems. The technology remains experimental and does not involve implanted chips, unlike some brain-computer interfaces.
The Indian Opinion
Claims that telepathy is either imminent or pure science fiction are both lazy. Non-invasive brain signals are noisy, and a system trained during directed sessions is not the same as one that can freely read private thoughts. The real test is independent accuracy across users, tasks and ordinary settings, along with clear consent and data safeguards. Conduit should publish those results before grand 2035 forecasts are treated as fact.
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