Job: Read thoughts. Hiring: 2030 Trend: Last year, U.S. lawyers made the first request to introduce a alie-detectinga functional-MRI scan as evidence. Though later withdrawn because of shaky scientific support, mind-reading tech will only get stronger. Neuroscientists led by Jack Gallant of the University of California at Berkeley can already roughly reconstruct what people are seeing just from scanning their brains, and memories, thoughts and dreams could be next. Brain-computer interfaces are also well on their wayaat least one paralyzed man has used a brain implant to move a computer cursor and a robotic arm. Fields including psychotherapy and recreational mind-melding will depend on workers who can see into the mind's eye. Education: Neuroscience or computer sciencea€"they should converge before we go bionic.

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