Japanese scientists just created an AI that can "read" human minds

As computer scientists attempt to make machines think and learn like humans, the middle ground is being taken up by researchers attempting to use AI to read our minds. In the latest breakthrough, scientists at Kyoto University, Japan, have studied deep neural networks (AI) and discovered that computers wield the capacity to at least visualise what humans are thinking. Before we get ahead of ourselves, it's worth noting that the technology is nascent, and applies in only optimal conditions. If you recoil at someone's dubious new choice of profile picture on Facebook, your laptop isn't going to start registering your distaste and broadcasting it to the world. That being said, the new technology certainly has seemingly impressive – if ominous – potential applications.