Facebook's Zuckerberg wants to read your thoughts

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to read your thoughts. Andrew Harnik / AP

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Controversial Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to create a shocking new ‘brain-computer interface’ that can read your mind.

Yucky Zucky told Wired magazine that the system would allow users to “interact with augmented reality environments using just their brain — no keyboards, touchscreens or hand gestures required.”

The creepy concept would have users wear a device similar to a shower cap that would be capable of sensing blood flows, brain activity and thoughts, Wired reported.

The mind-reader would make it easier for people to interact with Zuckerberg’s technology, he said.

Holy dystopia!


“That’s one of the reasons why I’m just very excited longer term about especially things like augmented reality, because It’ll give us a platform that I think actually is how we think about stuff.”

As for ethics, that’s a county outside London to the tech kingpin.

“Presumably, this would be something that someone would choose to use as a product,” Zuckerberg said, adding he thinks AI is a force for good.

“I get a little bit frustrated, I think, when people fear-monger about AI and how it could end up hurting people because I think in many real ways around diseases, around driving more safely … I mean, this is going to save people’s lives and push people forward,” the billionaire said.