BrainLLM - Bryant McGill

# BrainLLM **Entity class:** Concept or analytic term **Type:** Neural-to-language model **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Primary source:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] ## Definition BrainLLM is a neural-to-language model identified in the source article's direct generation from neural activity through a language-model interface layer. ## Relationships [[wiki/BrainLLM|BrainLLM]] is related to [[wiki/Neural Decoding|Neural Decoding]] as direct generation from neural activity through a language-model interface.  This entry is routed through [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]], [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], and [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]], [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]], [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]], and [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section.  ## Source route [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] ## Read First in the Wiki  - [[wiki/Brain Adapter|Brain Adapter]] — supplies the related concept or analytic term context needed to place **BrainLLM** within the wider system.  ## Related Work in the Corpus  - In [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]], **VII. The read channel** provides the narrative context for **BrainLLM**: On the non-invasive side, the UT Austin semantic decoder reconstructs the semantic content of perceived and imagined language from fMRI under participant cooperation, BrainLLM integrates fMRI-derived signals directly into… - In [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]], **VI.2 — BrainLLM and Direct Generation From Neural Activity** provides the narrative context for **BrainLLM**: The 2025 Communications Biology paper on BrainLLM by Ying et al.  ## Research Edges  #### Host–residual infrastructure patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] **Related acquisition source:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] #### Outgoing typed edges - **HR-0295 — `wiki_links_to` → [[wiki/BrainLLM|BrainLLM]]** — **EXISTING WIKI EDGE**; evidence `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Direct internal link currently present in `BrainLLM.md`. #### Incoming typed edges - **HR-0294 — [[wiki/Brain Adapter|Brain Adapter]] `wiki_links_to` → this entry** — **EXISTING WIKI EDGE**; evidence `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Direct internal link currently present in `Brain Adapter.md`. - **HR-0295 — [[wiki/BrainLLM|BrainLLM]] `wiki_links_to` → this entry** — **EXISTING WIKI EDGE**; evidence `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Direct internal link currently present in `BrainLLM.md`.