Siri Thought Control Demo is Likely a Hoax

This fascinating demo video was posted late last week. As you can see in the video, a team of hackers are claiming to have a way to control Siri, Amazon’s new virtual assistant, via a mind control interface. It’s probably a hoax, though.

This hasn’t been conclusively proven to be a hoax, but a number of scientists working on brain computer interface technology have spoken up and said that this demo is impossible. Trevor Coleman of Interaxon posted one such debunking.

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