AI Mind Reading & Alchemy

Can AI read your mind? Is that the goal of these big tech companies who are working on AI? Why do we need all this "progress"? Also, is magic real? If it were, what would it look like? What spiritual insights are there to be gleaned from alchemy? And how did alchemy lead to the AI revolution we're witnessing today?   The AI article & research we discussed: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-recreated-a-pink-floyd-song-from-listeners-brain-waves-180982746/   Apple's new AirPods patent: https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/20230225659