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ALT Recently the discussion on AI consciousness flared up again after reports on Anthropic's new "J-lens" inside Claude that supposedly mirrors a leading theory of consciousness https://venturebeat.com/technology/anthropics-new-j-lens-reveals-a-silent-workspace-inside-claude-that-mirrors-a-leading-theory-of-consciousness Some consciousness researchers next responded with their thoughts on a…
Will We All Become Cyborgs? Will we all become cyborgs? Interview with Peter Meijer by Lidziya Tarasenka for 2Digital. ALT
Sensory substitution training for the sighted: visualize the soundscapes ahead of seeing their source image, and next keep the correct mental imagery in your mind while hearing the soundscapes again until the source image gets reconfirmed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVugtxWmW4E Use a stereo headset!
"I was on my sky walk the other day and as I was walking around, I realized that I could see large structures which had some kind of separations. I was reasonably certain the structures were buildings due to prior visual experience. I checked with sighted assistance and indeed I was looking at the buildings around the sky walk. I could see the gaps between individual floors which was fun." March…
Smart glasses with AI-based scene description, OCR for reading print, and visual-to-auditory sensory substitution for "raw vision" will erode the market opportunities for implantable visual prostheses. https://www.seeingwithsound.com/neuralink.htm
(YouTube) Inaugural Lecture Marius Peelen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T6Q6a4u69Y&t=994s "There are now sensory substitution devices that transform visual input into sound patterns making use of this overlap in representation. After some training such devices allow blind individuals to recognize shapes based on these sound patterns. Interestingly, research has shown that this is achieved by…
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With The vOICe sensory substitution training, one can focus attention on visual vividness or on visual accuracy; what works best? And is there an optimal FOV for mental imagery to align with? Spatial computing and qualia.
Slide: The “visual” cortex is NECESSARY to recognize objects using The vOICe. Paul Bach-y-Rita Memorial Lecture by Alvaro Pascual-Leone, April 3 2009, “Learning about Seeing from the Blind”. Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhktobzLhCE&t=3027 or http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videos/8646 at around 50:27 into the video.
June 21, 2019: Congenitally blind Islam Barotov visually navigating around planters hands-free while looking down to track these street obstacles, wearing The vOICe sensory substitution smart glasses.
