The Perilous Combination of Brain Wave Data and Generative AI

Inquiring Minds

Science, Society & Culture, Neuroscience, Female Host, Interview, Social Sciences, Critical Thinking

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🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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On the show this week we talk to Nita A. Farahany, distinguished professor of law and philosophy at Duke University and the founding director of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, about her new book, "The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology." Many people choose to give up unprecedented levels of privacy in exchange for convenience. So why not give up your brain data too? Is it really that different? While the proposition may seem analogous, and despite how it’s often presented, says Farahany, what could get decoded from your brain is a very different thing. “Everybody has something to hide when it comes to what’s in their brain. Not in the sense of like, you’re thinking about committing some horrible crime. But it is the space where you work out everything. And if you don’t have that space to work out everything, suddenly what it means to be human is fundamentally different.” https://inquiring.show/episodes/400-the-perilous-combination-of-brain-wave-data-and-generative-ai

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0:00.0	You and Betty and the nancy's and bills and Joes and Janes will find in the study of science a richer, more rewarding life.
0:10.7	Hey, welcome to Inquiring Minds. I'm in Dravis Gontas.
0:14.6	This is a podcast that explores the space where science and society collide.
0:18.5	We want to find out what's true, what's left to discover,
0:21.8	and why it matters. If you're at all like me, you might be feeling both excitement and maybe a little
0:36.4	bit of angst at how generative artificial intelligence is going to change our lives over the next few years.
0:43.4	Here on this podcast, we like to explore what science can tell us in terms of how we make decisions, set policy, and just generally make the world better.
0:52.4	So for our 400th episode, I decided that we need to talk about our brains.
0:58.6	Yes, it might be selfish to center the human species above all else on this world,
1:04.6	but I personally can't help it.
1:06.8	That's just how my brain was wired.
1:09.2	And so if there was ever more of a pressing problem, then saving our own human brains, well,
1:15.2	I can't think of what it might be.
1:17.1	Even if we completely destroy our planet, maybe there's still a way that we can somehow survive
1:22.3	if our brains are left, at least in some ways intact.
1:25.7	But even if we save the planet, if we allow artificial intelligence,
1:30.7	if we allow technology to take over our brains and rip us of what my guest calls cognitive liberty,
1:38.7	then what's the point of anything? We're starting to see the real power of these tools.
1:45.8	And up until now, I wasn't really worried about how neuro technology would be affecting our daily lives, because it just seems
1:51.8	so far off. But listening to Nita Talk, reading her book, The Battle for Your Brain, defending
1:58.1	the right to think freely in the age of neurotechnology, I've
2:01.7	realized that the time is now.
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