Is There a Right to Privacy of Thought? (with Nita Farahany)

Stay Tuned with Preet

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Politics, Government, News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Nita Farahany is a professor at Duke Law School and one of the nation's leading scholars on the social, ethical and legal implications of emerging technologies. Preet speaks with Farahany about how advances in brain monitoring devices will impact the workplace and courtroom, whether a “gene for violence” exists, and how A.I. is influencing bail and sentencing decisions. Plus, Preet discusses Steve Bannon’s potential criminal sentence and the latest on the January 6th Committee hearings, including new testimony from former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone. In the bonus for CAFE Insiders, Professor Farahany discusses how A.I. is already being used in place of judges, and the influence of machine learning in the realm of dating and matchmaking. To listen, try the membership for just $1 for one month: cafe.com/insider. For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/is-there-a-right-to-privacy-of-thought-with-nita-farahany/ Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to Stay Tuned.
0:06.0	I'm Pete Barara.
0:08.0	The one space that you truly had for privacy, the one refuge that existed was your brain,
0:15.0	was your thoughts.
0:16.0	And suddenly you're going to be opening that up to Facebook and to Google and to governments worldwide.
0:25.0	That's Anita Farahani.
0:29.0	She's a professor at Duke Law School and a nationally recognized scholar on the social, ethical,
0:34.0	and legal implications of emerging technologies.
0:37.0	Advances in neuroscience and brain monitoring devices are changing the way we live and work.
0:43.0	They're also raising questions about what it means to have freedom over our own thoughts,
0:47.0	and what legal protections might look like.
0:50.0	Farahani and I discussed the ramifications of employers tracking brain activity in the workplace,
0:56.0	the application of artificial intelligence in bail and sentencing decisions,
1:00.0	and why she believes there should be a codified right to cognitive liberty.
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