Prophetic says its Halo device can induce lucid dreams using generative A.I. Can it?

Eric Wollberg’s interest in facilitating lucid dreams emerged while living in Jerusalem, reading lots of theology. For example: “The combination of ultrasound and machine learning models allows us to detect when dreamers are in REM to induce and stabilize lucid dreams,” the Prophetic website states. Two years later, a different group of German scientists, joined by a researcher from Harvard Medical School, wrote, “Scientifically, lucid dreams present the unique opportunity to watch the brain change conscious states, from primary to secondary consciousness.” That study found that it was possible to induce lucid dreams using electric currents. “Lucid dreams are a naturally occurring brain state,” he reminded me with the confidence of a man accustomed to navigating the highly financed fringes. Stumbrys called it “an interesting novel approach, which may have some potential in facilitating lucid dreaming,” but there is zero empirical research, so far, that it can induce lucid dreams.