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.
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
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Website by Kelly R. Dwyer
Theme song by Nick Thorburn
Bonus Episode: Secrets, Advice + Ask-Me-Anything
Smologies #19: EVOLUTION with John McCormack
P-22: The Life & Death of an L.A. Cougar with Miguel Ordeñana & Beth Pratt
Meteorology (WEATHER & CLIMATE) with Marshall Shepherd
Enigmatology (WORD PUZZLES) with David Kwong
Special Ep: Mycology (MUSHROOMS) Tom Volk Memorial Encore
Indigenous Pedology (SOIL SCIENCE) with Lydia Jennings
Smologies #18: FEASTS with Katherine Spiers
Bryology (MOSS) Encore with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer
Discard Anthropology (GARBAGE) with Robin Nagle
Smologies #17: FLAGS with E. Tory Laitila
Vampirology (VAMPIRES) Part 2 with Jeff Holdeman
Vampirology (VAMPIRES) Part 1 with Jeff Holdeman
Smologies #16: INSECTS with Lila Higgins
Metropolitan Tombology (PARIS CATACOMBS) with Erin-Marie Legacey
FIELD TRIP: I Go France and Learn Weird French Stuff
5th Anniversary Special! Xylology (LUMBER) with Jeff Perry
Geology (ROCKS) Part 2 with Schmitty Thompson
Smologies #15: FAMILY TREES with Stephen Hanks
Geology (ROCKS) Part 1 with Schmitty Thompson
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