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[SamBam]

But as far as I know no motor signals are sent to my mouth when I talk to myself (i.e. internal monologue), so this wouldn't read my thoughts. I'm not sure what you're saying.

[femto → SamBam]

You might not be aware if it, but you probably do send those motor signals.

https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/alterego/publications/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/mits-alterego-headset-reads-yo...

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/device-can-hear-vo...

[EGreg → femto]

In fact, this has been going on for quite a while but I expect that LLMs will blow the field wide open:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_speech_interface

This year though: https://news.mit.edu/2018/computer-system-transcribes-words-...

And https://fortune.com/2023/03/09/ai-generate-images-human-thou...

[coldtea → SamBam]

They might not be acted upon, but they could still be sent, up to a "gatekeeper" brain segment.