"REM sleep is the next AI"

cross-posted from: 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”
• newsweek.com/russian-implants-chip-brain-control-…