David Eagleman

But the point is... Damn it, I can't even keep an AI girlfriend. And they're still billing me. But the point is you get practice like all of us as young men do stupid stuff and we learn and you get wiser in relationships.

And I think if there's an AI girlfriend company that builds these things so that there is pushback and there are thresholds at which they say, I'm leaving, I'm not hanging out with you anymore.

And I think if there's an AI girlfriend company that builds these things so that there is pushback and there are thresholds at which they say, I'm leaving, I'm not hanging out with you anymore.

And I think if there's an AI girlfriend company that builds these things so that there is pushback and there are thresholds at which they say, I'm leaving, I'm not hanging out with you anymore.

Because that's what we do all the time is we simulate conversation. to say this and then she's going to say that and then I'm going to say that to her and so on. What a great opportunity to actually run through and say, oh God, I hadn't even thought of that. That's a good, you know.

Because that's what we do all the time is we simulate conversation. to say this and then she's going to say that and then I'm going to say that to her and so on. What a great opportunity to actually run through and say, oh God, I hadn't even thought of that. That's a good, you know.

Because that's what we do all the time is we simulate conversation. to say this and then she's going to say that and then I'm going to say that to her and so on. What a great opportunity to actually run through and say, oh God, I hadn't even thought of that. That's a good, you know.

That's really going to hurt her feelings if I say that and it's not worth it.

That's really going to hurt her feelings if I say that and it's not worth it.

That's really going to hurt her feelings if I say that and it's not worth it.

Nope. No, great. So I'm glad he asked this question. The idea of mind reading using, let's say, fMRI, which is our current hot technology, but in 10 years it'll be outdated and there'll be xMRI or something better. But the point is... Every brain is completely different. You and I have tons of stuff in common, but our brains are totally different. We grew up in different places.

Nope. No, great. So I'm glad he asked this question. The idea of mind reading using, let's say, fMRI, which is our current hot technology, but in 10 years it'll be outdated and there'll be xMRI or something better. But the point is... Every brain is completely different. You and I have tons of stuff in common, but our brains are totally different. We grew up in different places.

Nope. No, great. So I'm glad he asked this question. The idea of mind reading using, let's say, fMRI, which is our current hot technology, but in 10 years it'll be outdated and there'll be xMRI or something better. But the point is... Every brain is completely different. You and I have tons of stuff in common, but our brains are totally different. We grew up in different places.

We had different childhood experiences. We had different parents or whatever. And as a result, all the fine structure of our brain is different. So there are certain things. that you would find appealing, like a certain math problem or something. I might find something, maybe you like flying an airplane. I like riding horses and whatever, like there's just a million differences.

We had different childhood experiences. We had different parents or whatever. And as a result, all the fine structure of our brain is different. So there are certain things. that you would find appealing, like a certain math problem or something. I might find something, maybe you like flying an airplane. I like riding horses and whatever, like there's just a million differences.

We had different childhood experiences. We had different parents or whatever. And as a result, all the fine structure of our brain is different. So there are certain things. that you would find appealing, like a certain math problem or something. I might find something, maybe you like flying an airplane. I like riding horses and whatever, like there's just a million differences.

Okay, so that's the first problem. But the second problem is real thought, a real person is so rich and multilayered and highly textured that I assert it's actually impossible to do mind reading, certainly in our lifetime, maybe ever. So here's what I mean.

Okay, so that's the first problem. But the second problem is real thought, a real person is so rich and multilayered and highly textured that I assert it's actually impossible to do mind reading, certainly in our lifetime, maybe ever. So here's what I mean.

Okay, so that's the first problem. But the second problem is real thought, a real person is so rich and multilayered and highly textured that I assert it's actually impossible to do mind reading, certainly in our lifetime, maybe ever. So here's what I mean.

Where this shows up in the media all the time is, oh, scientists have shown that we can measure, let's say, what's happening in visual cortex to the degree that you can actually understand what somebody is seeing. Even if you're not seeing what they're seeing, just by the activity of their visual cortex, you can understand what they're seeing.