Chinese scientists develop device to ‘read mind’ of men watching porn

Chinese scientists say they have developed a device that can detect when a man is watching pornography by “reading” his mind.

Researchers in Beijing subjected a test group of men to a series of graphic images, which are illegal in China, then sent their brainwave patterns to a “deep-learning” artificial intelligence program for analysis.

The study was conducted on 15 male college students who were placed in front of a computer screen playing porn while wearing the device on their head. The mind reader will then be able to process a collection of photos and videos and flag anything suspicious.

Xu Jianjun, who carried out the research and is also the director of the electrical engineering department at Beijing Jiaotong University, says that the purpose behind the device is “to detect bad information”. He also claims that the results are 80% accurate and can filter out additional signals that can trigger brainwaves when emotions are emitted from non-porn-related content.

With pornography illegal in China, government officials in the country are getting serious about cracking down on pornography consumption by deploying censorship agencies known as “porn examiners” tasked with searching the internet to flag inappropriate content.