Fascinating report involving the use of machine learning in dream decoding! The algorithm was trained by watching brain activity while hundreds of images were shown to subjects. Then brain activity during dreaming was input for the same subjects. It’s still VERY primitive, but the computer predict that the subject had dreamed about a car, not a chair. It only worked if the computer was given two choices, but still that’s rather impressive.
Two things I get from this, we are one step closer to ‘Minority Report’ and I need to finally get around to watching ‘Inception’.
April 4th, 2013 at 6:02 pm
I have to leave a comment about dreams. I keep a dream journal. When I awake & my nightly visions are recalled, I write them down. It is ALSO important to interpret them. (Years later, I read them back, and it gives me insight about how my brain is wired.) Low tech., yes, but valuable.
April 4th, 2013 at 6:03 pm
The Talmud states: “An un-interpreted dream, is like an un-opened Letter from God…
April 7th, 2013 at 10:51 am
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