#401 Artificial Intelligence and You - Dr. Susan Schneider
The Not Old - Better Show
Paul Vogelzang
4.7 • 106 Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2019
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Artificial Intelligence and You - Dr. Susan Schneider
Smithsonian Associates, Inside Science Author Interview
Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang and this is episode #401.
As part of our Smithsonian Associates, Inside Science Author Interview series, our guest today is Dr. Susan Schneider. Dr. Susan Schneider is a cognitive scientist and philosopher at the University of Connecticut and the NASA/Blumberg Chair of Astrobiology at the Library of Congress. Dr. Susan Schneider's expertise is in Artificial Intelligence and is the author of the new book, Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind. Dr. Susan Schneider will be presenting at Smithsonian Associates Inside Science series, November 12, 2019. Check out our site for more details.
Dr. Susan Schneider writes about AI and says even today brain microchips and other techniques to integrate humans with artificial intelligence are under development. AI, Dr. Schneider says, is revolutionizing the economy, and will inevitably go inside the head as corporations attempt to allow us seamless access to our devices.
Schneider addresses the implications of AI in our lives, and how to ensure the science develops in a way that promotes human flourishing. But, just wait for the next 20 years…
That, of course, is our guest today, Dr. Susan Schneider, reading from her new book, Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind. Again, Dr. Susan Schneider will be presenting at Smithsonian Associates Inside Science series, November 12, 2019. Check out our site for more details, but Dr. Susan Schneider is here with us today, so please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show via internet phone, Dr. Susan Schneider.
My thanks Dr. Susan Schneider for joining me today. Links and ticket details for Dr. Susan Schneider's Inside Science presentation, Artificial Intelligence: Will It Go to Your Head Someday? , will be available at the NotOld-Better.com and the Smithsonian Associates web site, all of which we'll link to. And, thanks always to the wonderful Smithsonian team for all they do to support the show. Talk About Better. The Not Old Better Show. Thanks, everybody.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogel-Sang and this is episode number 401. |
| 0:07.0 | As part of our Smithsonian Associates Inside Science Author Interview Series, our guest today is Dr. Susan Schneider. |
| 0:14.3 | Dr. Susan Schneider is a cognitive scientist and philosopher at the University of |
| 0:18.8 | Connecticut and the NASA Bloomberg chair of Astrobiology at the Library of Congress. |
| 0:25.0 | Dr. Susan Snyder's expertise is in artificial intelligence and Dr. |
| 0:30.0 | Schneider is the author of the new book Artificial You, AI, and the future of your mind. |
| 0:35.9 | Dr. Susan Schneider will be presenting at Smithsonian Associates Inside Science Series |
| 0:40.8 | November 12, 2019. |
| 0:43.0 | Check out our site for more details. |
| 0:45.0 | Dr. Susan Steider writes about artificial intelligence |
| 0:48.0 | and says even today brain microchips |
| 0:51.0 | and other techniques to integrate humans with artificial intelligence are under development. |
| 0:56.0 | AI, Dr. Snyder says, is revolutionizing the economy and will inevitably go inside the head as corporations attempt to allow us seamless access |
| 1:06.1 | to our devices. |
| 1:07.7 | Dr. Schneider addresses the implications of AI in our lives and how to ensure the science develops in a way that promotes |
| 1:15.6 | human flourishing but just wait until the next 20 years. |
| 1:20.3 | It's 2045. Today you're out shopping. Your first stop is the center for mind design. As you walk in, a large menu stands before you. It lists brain enhancements with funky names. |
| 1:35.1 | Hive Mind is a brain chip allowing you to experience the innermost thoughts of your |
| 1:39.6 | loved ones. Zen Garden is a microchip for Zen master-level meditative states. Human calculate |
| 1:48.5 | gives you svant-level mathematical abilities. What would you select, if anything, enhanced detention, Mozart-level musical skills? |
| 1:58.7 | You can order a single enhancement or a bundle of several. |
| 2:03.0 | That of course is our guest today, Dr. Susan Schneider reading from her new book, Artificial |
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