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"REM sleep is the next AI" (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/technology@hexbear.net

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/19628702

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screenshot of this bluesky post (which you can read without logging in here) from ‪@comraderobot.bsky.social‬ ("Notorious RBMK") saying:

my friend who still lives in palo alto gave me permission to share this mailer he got.

there’s unhinged and then there’s tech unhinged

image in post has two photos of people wearing EEG electrodes, one xray of a human head, an EEG data plot over a silhouette of a head, and this text:

REM sleep is the next Al

The upcoming era of physical reality integrated with dream worlds advanced by the REMspace startup

Controlling a smart home from dreams

Transferring speech from dreams

Controlling virtual cars from dreams

Interacting with dream worlds using brain implants

Social media for sharing dream journals

Smart sleep masks powered by Al

Many other breakthroughs from our lab (videos and tech)

Don't miss the pitch of the year for potential partners and investors

Aug 29th Palo Alto

Above the image is an (inaccurate) BlueSky label saying "Possible tumblr screenshot" with a "hide" button.

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the guy behind this startup:

(CW bloody photos) "I confirm the information published in the Daily Mail. On May 17, 2023, I performed by myself trepanation, electrode implantation, and electrical stimulation of my brain's motor cortex. I needed it to test brain stimulation during lucid dreaming"

https://www.newsweek.com/russian-implants-chip-brain-control-dreams-hospital-1814256

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[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago (6 children)

"I confirm the information published in the Daily Mail. On May 17, 2023, I performed by myself trepanation, electrode implantation, and electrical stimulation of my brain's motor cortex. I needed it to test brain stimulation during lucid dreaming"

Techbros are cultists, complete with blood rituals. Sure, sometimes self inflicted spectacles, but it doesn't really stop there if there's some Megele-style "experimentation" to do.