I'm not interested in seeing this technology progress any further. The ability to read someone's inner, unspoken thoughts is too easy to weaponize against them.

I wonder whether a subject could poison the process by consciously thinking about something unrelated in the same way that public speakers used to get past stage-fright. As you look out across the audience picture something funny, like your boss in a pink tutu.

unfortunately we already know about subvocalization.

I agree. Not all topics are worth exploring. We don’t have to develop every dystopian-enabling technology. Build something else please.