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Decoding scales with data, not physics

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Welcome to August 25, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

Silent speech decoded from cheap electrodes improves log-linearly with training examples and shows no saturation. The limit on reading a mind turns out to be how many recordings you have, not what the signal permits.

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2026-10-03: Neuralink reports a pretrained brain-interface model

2026-08-25: A dry-electrode headset decodes silently read words with no sign of saturation

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Decoding scales with data, not physics
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