Who holds the key to your mind?

In 2013, at MIT, scientists wrote a false memory into a mouse's brain using light. It became afraid of a box where it had never been shocked.

This video opens four files: writing, mapping, reading and influencing the mind. It separates what science has already done from what is still fiction (Severance, The Matrix, Roko's Basilisk) and ends on a question: who has the key?

Coursework for the Computers and Society class, UFES.

Chapters
0:00 Opening
0:59 The contract
1:56 Locked memory
3:27 File 1 · Write
4:39 File 2 · Map
6:05 File 3 · Read
7:38 File 4 · Influence
8:47 Reality
10:19 The evil robot
11:48 Closing

Sources

Memory

• Radvansky, G. A.; Copeland, D. E. (2006). Walking through doorways causes forgetting. Memory & Cognition.
• Ramirez, S.; Liu, X. et al. (2013). Creating a False Memory in the Hippocampus. Science.
• MIT News (2013). Interview with Susumu Tonegawa on false memory in mice.
• Ryan, T. J.; Roy, D. S.; Pignatelli, M.; Arons, A.; Tonegawa, S. (2015). Engram cells retain memory under retrograde amnesia. Science.

Mapping

• Dorkenwald, S. et al. (2024). Neuronal wiring diagram of an adult brain. Nature.
• Shiu, P. K. et al. (2024). A Drosophila computational brain model reveals sensorimotor processing. Nature.
• Princeton University (2024). Announcement of the FlyWire project.

Reading

• Owen, A. M. et al. (2006). Detecting Awareness in the Vegetative State. Science.
• Bodien, Y. G. et al. (2024). Cognitive Motor Dissociation in Disorders of Consciousness. New England Journal of Medicine.
• Tang, J.; LeBel, A.; Jain, S.; Huth, A. G. (2023). Semantic reconstruction of continuous language from non-invasive brain recordings. Nature Neuroscience.
• Neuralink (2024). Public demonstration by the company.

Influence

• Kramer, A. D. I.; Guillory, J. E.; Hancock, J. T. (2014). Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks. PNAS.
• PNAS (July 2014). Editorial Expression of Concern about the study above.

Reality and AI

• Bostrom, N. (2003). Are You Living in a Computer Simulation? Philosophical Quarterly.
• Roko (2010). Original post on the LessWrong forum (Roko's Basilisk).
• Ienca, M.; Andorno, R. (2017). Towards new human rights in the age of neuroscience and neurotechnology. Life Sciences, Society and Policy.

Fiction cited

• Severance, Apple TV+, 2022.
• The Matrix, Warner Bros., 1999.

Production
The narration and the soundtrack were generated by artificial intelligence (voice with OmniVoice, music with MusicGen). Animations made with HyperFrames.

O contrato que você nunca assinou

Em 2013, no MIT, cientistas escreveram uma lembrança falsa no cérebro de um camundongo usando luz. Ele passou a ter medo de uma caixa onde nunca tinha levado choque.

Este vídeo abre quatro arquivos: escrever, mapear, ler e influenciar a mente. Ele separa o que a ciência já fez do que ainda é ficção (Ruptura, Matrix, o Basilisco de Roko) e termina numa pergunta: quem tem a chave?

Trabalho da disciplina Computação e Sociedade, UFES.

Capítulos
0:00 Abertura
0:59 O contrato
1:56 Memória trancada
3:27 Arquivo 1 · Escrever
4:39 Arquivo 2 · Mapear
6:05 Arquivo 3 · Ler
7:38 Arquivo 4 · Influenciar
8:47 A realidade
10:19 O robô mau
11:48 Fechamento

Fontes

Memória

• Radvansky, G. A.; Copeland, D. E. (2006). Walking through doorways causes forgetting. Memory & Cognition.
• Ramirez, S.; Liu, X. et al. (2013). Creating a False Memory in the Hippocampus. Science.
• MIT News (2013). Entrevista com Susumu Tonegawa sobre memória falsa em camundongos.
• Ryan, T. J.; Roy, D. S.; Pignatelli, M.; Arons, A.; Tonegawa, S. (2015). Engram cells retain memory under retrograde amnesia. Science.

Mapear

• Dorkenwald, S. et al. (2024). Neuronal wiring diagram of an adult brain. Nature.
• Shiu, P. K. et al. (2024). A Drosophila computational brain model reveals sensorimotor processing. Nature.
• Princeton University (2024). Divulgação do projeto FlyWire.

Ler

• Owen, A. M. et al. (2006). Detecting Awareness in the Vegetative State. Science.
• Bodien, Y. G. et al. (2024). Cognitive Motor Dissociation in Disorders of Consciousness. New England Journal of Medicine.
• Tang, J.; LeBel, A.; Jain, S.; Huth, A. G. (2023). Semantic reconstruction of continuous language from non-invasive brain recordings. Nature Neuroscience.
• Neuralink (2024). Demonstração pública da empresa.

Influenciar

• Kramer, A. D. I.; Guillory, J. E.; Hancock, J. T. (2014). Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks. PNAS.
• PNAS (julho de 2014). Editorial Expression of Concern sobre o estudo acima.

Realidade e IA

• Bostrom, N. (2003). Are You Living in a Computer Simulation? Philosophical Quarterly.
• Roko (2010). Post original no fórum LessWrong (o Basilisco de Roko).
• Ienca, M.; Andorno, R. (2017). Towards new human rights in the age of neuroscience and neurotechnology. Life Sciences, Society and Policy.

Ficção citada

• Ruptura (Severance), Apple TV+, 2022.
• Matrix (The Matrix), Warner Bros., 1999.

Produção
A narração e a trilha sonora foram geradas por inteligência artificial (voz com OmniVoice, música com MusicGen). Animações feitas com HyperFrames.