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"REM sleep is the next AI" (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/19628702

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screenshot of this bluesky post (which you can read without logging in here) from ‪@comraderobot.bsky.social‬ ("Notorious RBMK") saying:

my friend who still lives in palo alto gave me permission to share this mailer he got.

there’s unhinged and then there’s tech unhinged

image in post has two photos of people wearing EEG electrodes, one xray of a human head, an EEG data plot over a silhouette of a head, and this text:

REM sleep is the next Al

The upcoming era of physical reality integrated with dream worlds advanced by the REMspace startup

Controlling a smart home from dreams

Transferring speech from dreams

Controlling virtual cars from dreams

Interacting with dream worlds using brain implants

Social media for sharing dream journals

Smart sleep masks powered by Al

Many other breakthroughs from our lab (videos and tech)

Don't miss the pitch of the year for potential partners and investors

Aug 29th Palo Alto

Above the image is an (inaccurate) BlueSky label saying "Possible tumblr screenshot" with a "hide" button.

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the guy behind this startup:

(CW bloody photos) "I confirm the information published in the Daily Mail. On May 17, 2023, I performed by myself trepanation, electrode implantation, and electrical stimulation of my brain's motor cortex. I needed it to test brain stimulation during lucid dreaming"

https://www.newsweek.com/russian-implants-chip-brain-control-dreams-hospital-1814256

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Seems legit

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can I save a copy of a bout of night terrors I had? I want to be able to relieve that on loop until I'm dead inside.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You need to have the premium subscription for that

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

I have all ready seen total recall

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I totally want a copy of the dream I had last night where someone stole my motor scooter and I was chasing them around a parking lot

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

There's a free tier, which means the dream is same but there are billboards all around the parking lot

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I don't doubt that this is "the pitch of the year". lmao.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It just occurred to me how similar AI images are to dreams, always related to the prompt, but never quite how a conscious brain would imagine it. All the weird, illegible text, the grotesque bodies, etc. really do match up fairly well with unconsciousness.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I always find text in dreams perfectly legible though it often changes if I try to read the same bit twice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I always thought the same thing, they're very similar

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

They were also "sold" or described as such when google showcased their first generation years ago.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

HypnOS 2025 looks insane

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dream Scenario (2023)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

That movie couldve been so much more...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Possible Tumblr screenshot

What? Why does that need a special notice? Why is that relevant at all?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That label is there because I'm subscribed to XBlock Screenshot Labeller and it misclassified this image. (You can find here and here more info about how labelers in ATP work...)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Ahh I didn't realise this isn't twitter, I thought musk must have some weird thing against tumblr or something :)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Better sleep would actually improve people's lives rather than just making it worse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I'm sorry but your sleep subscription level does not support Ad-Free Sleep^tm . If you feel you've reached this message in error can reach our customer service team during your next allotted REM period.

Our records also show 3 unauthorized attempts to enter REM in the last week. Please remember to pay your unauthorized REM fees or we may have to block REM functionality.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

So will people pay to have Nicolas Cage in their dreams, or will they pay to not have him in their dreams?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Scenario

[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Tbh, if it were possible to record dreams or reliably trigger vivid lucid dreams, that could be one of the most significant breakthroughs in the history of art, recreation, and psychology. The fact that some startup is trying to grift on the idea with IoT/gig economy bullshit doesn't change that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

It IS possible to reliably trigger lucid dreams, done that. There are a few techniques. It just doesn't come quickly, would require some "tuning" and practice. Depends on the person of course.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

if it were possible to record dreams

mmmm.... this is gonna destroy a whole lotta marriages. My wife knows I'm scum so I'll probably be ok.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Agree 100%, though the idea of recording dreams would be A privacy nightmare on another level from anything we've dealt with before

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In the interest of fairness every citizen should have their own mandatory public dream channel on DreamTube.

Shit wait that'll lead to some people becoming popular DreamTubers. Oh no, Dreamfluencer will become a thing. Quick, burn that timeline to the ground!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Now we need to port uBlockOrigin and SponsorBlock to work with DreamTube, gonna be able to skip ads in my dream

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