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Scientists Are Researching a Device That Can Induce Lucid Dreams on Demand (www.vice.com)

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[–] n00b001@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Oh no, it gets better...

Imagine a hard day's work, 16 hours of slogging while you're awake

You get home, eat something and then head to bed. You put on your headband and select some setting on your phone and then drift off to sleep.

Now you are working your third job, while you sleep. Solving captchas. A/b testing app logo designs. Completing surveys on products you've bought while you're awake.

Stuff that AI will never be able to do because the value is from being human. And yet is simple enough to do in your sleep.

You wake up with a few less cents in your overdraft and you're ready to start a brand new day...

[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh for sure - but that bit comes later - we need to figure out how to monetize the lucid dreams first. If we get to that point, inserting advertising seems pretty plausible too.

[–] n00b001@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Playing audio to the sleeper while doing an ECG