SmartTap can pick up a whole lot of brain data and interpret it for a very small thing like fatigue levels. Other companies are starting to use it for things like tracking attention levels in the workplace. In looking at this geopolitically, who's winning this race? People say, oh, AI, the US is ahead, but China is generally close number two. And then everybody else is a distant three. I would say consensus ranking, if you will.
Nita Farahany, a professor of law at Duke University and the author of “The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology,” joins Scott to discuss the threat to our privacy and freedom of thought, and the future of neurotechnology. Follow Nita on Twitter, @NitaFarahany.
Scott opens by discussing the Biden Administration’s announcement that chip manufacturers that access $150M+ funding from the CHIPS Act must provide childcare. He then shares his thoughts on the bipartisan effort to take action against TikTok.
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