No, this is indeed (not clickbait). Here is some proof: the product Omi, which is an external device (a “wearable”) that you can attach to your head to read your brain waves, which can be converted to text.
The Five Most-Key Takeaways from This Blog Post
- Brain-computer interfaces are an emerging technology. Though brain chips like those made by Neuralink get plenty of attention, there are alternative technologies that are non-invasive.
- A.I. comes in by “translating” brain activity into actionable data.
- This technology is also “always on”, so that it can collect not only brain data but also what is happening outside. A proposed use is using this recorded data to create things like meeting summaries automatically.
- A challenge of the technology is signaling to it whether you want it to “listen” to your thoughts to take an order.
- For business owners, this points to a possible future where communication and production of content can be much quicker. Imagine: the pesky middle-mannish activities of manipulating a keyboard with your hands is cut out. Instead just think of, say, a reply to an email, and it will pop onto your laptop quickly.
Thinking Out Loud
A salesperson is meeting with a prospective client and wants to record details from the meeting.
The wearable device can store the conversation and send that data to an app that can create an outlined summary of the meeting. Throughout, the salesperson makes “mental notes” by thinking about what to specifically highlight in the summary; the A.I. uses those mental notes.
During the meeting, super-specific questions about the product or service being sold come up.
The salesperson is able to think about the answers to those questions with the wearable, which can retrieve an answer from a database that contains the relevant data.
After the meeting, the salesperson wants to draft a text or email to send the prospective client to thank the prospective client for taking the time to meet etc. etc.
That request is thought, not spoken, and the wearable picks up the brain waves’ request and makes quick work of the task.
These are a few examples of how wearables that allow users to leverage brain activity to get A.I. to perform tasks could make the workday more efficient.
Will such a technology take off?
Will People Go For It? It Depends on Whether Businesses Do.
At least, that is the position of the writer of this blog post.
For those who are not as optimistic about the brave new futures that technology can bring us into, there are indeed some valid and serious reservations about this technology.
A salient one is whether you should trust your precious private thoughts to an application. If technology is truly reading your mind, then your personal thoughts could indeed become data.
And given cybercrime and just the fact that a company could have access to such data, potentially to trade with other companies or even governments, that is a legitimate worry for the individual in deciding whether to let their brain activity become proprietary data.
But will those concerns really matter if businesses and governments incentivize the use of brain-reading technologies?
Within business, the promise of efficiency previously undreamed of will likely lead to entire industries rewarding workers and applicants that are willing to work with brain–computer interfaces.
And with A.I. able to automate so much, there will likely be less and less work available for those who do not.
Within governments, as human interaction with ever-developing A.I. tools becomes a mainstay, it may be seen as responsible for people to have wearables or even brain chips to keep A.I. in check. Especially in a military context, where quick decisions and efficient human–machine interactions are necessary for success.
The Last (But Not Least) Key Takeaway from This Blog Post
A.I. that reads your brain activity may seem like the stuff of science fiction, but do consider that there is indeed a nonzero-percentage possibility that this technology may be a significant driver of business growth in the future.
And that future may be here sooner than you think.
Other Great GO AI Blog Posts
GO AI the blog offers a combination of information about, analysis of, and editorializing on A.I. technologies of interest to business owners, with especial focus on the impact this tech will have on commerce as a whole.
On a usual week, there are multiple GO AI blog posts going out. Here are some notable recent articles:
For Businesses and Other Organizations, What Makes a Successful Chatbot?
IBM Watson vs. ChatGPT vs. Gemini: How Will Each Affect Search Engines?
Using A.I. to Find Resources for Business Owners
How Would Restricting Open-Source A.I. Affect Business Owners?
The EU’s A.I. Act Has Become Law: The Implications for Business Owners (Especially American)
In addition to our GO AI blog, we also have a blog that offers important updates in the world of search engine optimization (SEO), with blog posts like “Google Ends Its Plan to End Third-Party Cookies”.
