New AI system can decode your brain signals

BERLIN: Scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence system that can decode brain signals, an advance that may help severely paralysed patients communicate with their thoughts. Artificial intelligence has far outpaced human intelligence in certain tasks. Researchers from University Hospital Freiburg in Germany led by neuroscientist Tonio Ball showed how a self-learning algorithm decodes human brain signals that were measured by an electroencephalogram (EEG). It included performed movements, but also hand and foot movements that were merely thought of, or an imaginary rotation of objects. The system could be used for early detection of epileptic seizures, communicating with severely paralysed patients or make automatic neurological diagnosis.