A good magician can ask you to pick a card, any card, and they'll tell you what you're holding in your hand. But a mentalist will ask you to picture any card from an imaginary deck and tell you which card is in your mind. Right now, the mentalist on people's minds and going viral for it is a 43-year-old father of five named O Pearlman.O insists he does not have supernatural powers. He reads people. He reads them so well that when we met him this past spring, his head games had me jumping out of the chair mi ...

I've spent three decades reverse engineering the human mind to show you how you can use it to know what somebody's thinking when they meet you or if somebody was telling you the truth or lying. So, let's do something fun. Imagine that in front of you was an invisible deck of cards. Spread them out in front of you.And I want you to reach down and imagine you just grab a card at random. Now, look at it. Look at me.Okay. Close your eyes. Hold your hand out, please.Now, before you open your eyes, tell us what w ...

Overview - Obvious is an art collective using AI to explore new aesthetics and the social implications of the technology [2] - The collective aims to infuse AI art into culture by collaborating with brands and institutions [4] AI Art & Technology - The collective uses self-invented algorithms to create art, sharing discoveries through scientific papers, open-source code, and artistic creations [4] - The company replicated mind-reading technology using fMRIs, generating images from brain activity [7][10] - The company devised a new protocol to capture imagination and create associated images, separating imagination into weak (memory) and strong (new image) components [14] Artistic Approach & Vision - The company draws inspiration from science and integrates it into art [4] - The company made a parallel with the surrealist movement, aiming to shorten the gap between artistic intuition and creation [17][18][19] - The company emphasizes the importance of opening a debate about mind-reading technologies through art, addressing mental privacy concerns [21] Auction Performance - In October 2018, Edmon Bami, an AI-generated artwork, was the first of its kind to be sold in a major auction house for nearly $500,000 [3]