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In Brief: Balancing AI, Ethics, and Freedom (with Nita Farahany)

Apr 17, 2023

50:04

Episode guests

Nita Farahany

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Introduction

5min

The Future of AI and Neurotechnology

4min

The P300 and the Menendez Brothers

5min

The Importance of Fairness in Technology Development

3min

The Importance of Cognitive Liberty in Neurotechnology

3min

The Importance of Comparing Neurotechnology and AI

2min

Doing Justice

3min

The Importance of Memory in the Criminal Justice System

2min

The Most Protective Constitutional Provision for Defendants

4min

10.

The Pre-Cogs Can't See Violence

2min

11.

God Forbid We Lost Eyes

4min

12.

The Call for a Pause in AI Development

2min

13.

The Arms Race Is Happening Because AI Is Unleashed

3min

14.

The Dangers of Being Able to Say That Something Is Fake

2min

15.

The Future of Humanity

3min

16.

The Anomaly of Transhumanism

2min

17.

The Battle for Your Brain

2min

Nita Farahany is a professor at Duke University School of Law and the author of “The Battle for Your Brain.” Her work focuses on the ethical, legal, and social implications of artificial intelligence and neurotechnology. How will these emerging technologies affect our rights to privacy, freedom of thought, and self-determination?

The conversation took place in San Francisco on April 16th at the Sydney Goldstein Theater, and was hosted by City Arts & Lectures.

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References & Supplemental Materials:

Nita Farahany, “The Battle for Your Brain,” MacMillan, 2023

Preet Bharara, “Doing Justice,” Penguin Random House, 2019

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