Neurotechnology (AI + BRAIN TECH) with Dr. Nita Farahany
Machine poets. ChatGPT fails. Neurological surveillance. Brain implants that treat depression. Is it scary? Cool? Let’s firehose some questions at Duke Law professor, neuro and bioethicist, author and TED speaker Dr. Nita Farahany. She explains the history of AI, the dawn of chatbots, what’s changed recently, the potential for good, the possible perils, how different lawmakers are stepping in, and whether or not this is scary dinner party conversation. Do you have feelings about AI and brain implants? Hopefully, and we talk about why.
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Buy Dr. Nita Farahany’s books: The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology (2023) and The Impact of Behavioral Sciences on Criminal Law (2009)
Dr. Farahany’s 2023 TED Talk: Your right to mental privacy in the age of brain-sensing tech
Follow Dr. Farahany on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter
A donation was made to Human Rights Watch
Links to things we discussed:
Understanding the 4 Types of Artificial intelligence
GPT-4 is OpenAI’s most advanced system, producing safer and more useful responses
Gen Z has a new ‘vintage’ technology to obsess over
An electroencephalogram (EEG) is a test to measure the electrical activity of the brain
This Startup Wants to Get in Your Ears and Watch Your Brain
Our EEG Headset Reviews: We Look For The Best EEG Headset On The Market Today
Using A.I. to Detect Breast Cancer That Doctors Miss
See how AI detected woman's breast cancer 4 years before it developed
MIT researchers develop an AI model that can detect future lung cancer risk
Striking SAG Actors in Disbelief Over Studios’ Dystopian AI Proposal
AI watch: from Wimbledon to job losses in journalism
Karl Sharrow’s tweet about art and AI
UNESCO’s Ethics of Artificial Intelligence webpage
Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights
MEPs ready to negotiate first-ever rules for safe and transparent AI
EU AI Act: first regulation on artificial intelligence
Reflections on AI and the future of human flourishing
Brain stimulation acts ‘like a switch’ to turn off severe depression for one patient
Here’s What Happens When Your Lawyer Uses ChatGPT
Center for AI Safety’s Statement on AI Risk
Lawyers fined for filing bogus case law created by ChatGPT
OpenAI CEO Testifies on Artificial Intelligence
Neuralink Monkey Types With Brain Implant, Elon Musk Says Human Testing Coming
Elon Musk's Neuralink has FDA approval to put chips in humans' brains. Here's what's next.
Artificial Intelligence - Office of Educational Technology
Is the AI apocalypse actually coming? What life could look like if robots take over
Minority Report on Rotten Tomatoes
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