Mindreading with Jean-Rémi King

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🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

What would it take to actually read someone’s mind? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore the science and ethics of decoding thoughts with Jean-Rémi King, a neuroscience researcher at Meta’s Paris lab.

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0:00.0	Gary, you're taking us inside the brain again.
0:02.0	I know, it's the inner space and it's fascinating.
0:05.0	Is it as fascinating as outer space?
0:07.0	You'll argue it's not.
0:08.0	I knew you were both going to say that.
0:11.0	Are you reading our mind?
0:12.0	Absolutely.
0:13.0	Okay, an expert tells us the future of AI and reading your mind.
0:17.0	Coming right up on StarTalk, special edition.
0:20.0	Welcome to StarTalk, special edition.
0:29.0	Welcome to StarTalk, your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:32.8	StarTalk begins right now.
0:36.7	This is StarTalk.
0:54.8	Neil deGrasse Tyson, you're a personal astrophysicist, and I see to my right, Gary O'Reilly, that must mean it's special edition. Yes. Gary. Hey, Neil. I'm good. Former soccer pro? Allegedly. Allegedly? No. Are you better here than you were when you were playing soccer? As I get older, I do get better.
0:57.3	Good answer.
0:58.5	That is, hey.
0:59.5	As you get older, you get.
1:00.5	I get older.
1:02.6	That is what happens to me.
1:06.3	That's about it.
1:11.2	So I'm looking at the title you propose, Your Mind And I thought this was a science show
1:14.4	I know
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