Nobel laureate Deisseroth: AI may be able to infer brain activity
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate Karl Deisseroth warns that advanced AI models may be able to infer brain activity, and that vigilance is needed. His team has launched human clinical research: using a mouse optogenetics approach combined with airflow stimulation around the eyes, they simultaneously record whole-brain neural activity in mice and humans to observe how negative emotions arise and spread. Deisseroth also said that therapies for autism and schizophrenia derived from animal experiments have entered late-stage clinical trials, with positive signals.
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In a telephone interview, Nobel laureate Karl Deisseroth discusses optogenetics, his work on transparent brains via Clarity and StarMap, and clinical trials for autism and schizophrenia inspired by animal research. He says advanced AI models could infer brain activity and must be handled carefully, while doubting AI can capture the subjective experience of the human brain. He also describes the Human Neural Circuitry Program at Stanford and hopes to develop optogenetics treatments deliverable as simple pills.
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