machines beyond human? hi, lara. hi. good to meet you. thank you for having us. come on in. thanks very much. neuroscientist alexander huth has spent a decade trying to understand how the brain works. if we want to build intelligent machines, maybe we want to make things that act more like human brains. so, that's kind of what got me into neuroscience, actually. this year, his team had a breakthrough. using the same ai tech that can understand language, they've built a computer that can read minds. we scan people's brains with an fmri scanner while theyjust listen to stories. so, we track how their brains respond while they're listening to hours and hours of stories. the team in texas has trained the al on their own brains. as they listen to stories inside the scanner, the computer watches what happens. what sort of brain activity are you looking for?