Researchers at the University of Glasgow are attempting to utilize a combination of artificial intelligence and human brainwaves to identify objects that are around a corner and are therefore generally invisible to humans. This month’s Optica Imaging and Applied Optics Congress will feature a presentation on the “ghost imaging” system.
“We believe that this work provides ideas that one day might be used to bring together human and artificial intelligence,”
Daniele Faccio, professor of quantum technologies at the University of Glasgow
According to New Atlas, the study is a component of non-line-of-sight imaging, a field of technology that enables individuals to perceive items that are hidden. It occasionally calls for beaming a laser light onto a surface, which sounds a lot like a superhuman ability.
The hidden object in the experiment was constructed from projected light patterns onto a cardboard cutout. The human participant could not pick out the original object because all that could be seen was diffused light on a white wall from around the corner. But that’s when the AI element enters the picture.
An EEG helmet that could read signals from the visual cortex was worn by the test subjects. A laptop running AI algorithms received these signals and used them to decode the scattered light and identify the object. The program was able to “carve” the proper image out of the dispersed light by using the strength of the EEG signal, which roughly coincided with the amount of light on various sections of the wall.
Source : Mashable