The rapidity with which Artificial Intelligence is entering every aspect of our lives and taking over functions that have always been performed by humans is generating a compelling national conversation to which we, as Unitarian Universalists concerned for our families, friends, and world, must add our voices. HERE ARE CONVERSATIONS WE FIND MOST IMPORTANT AND COMPELLING.

May 2, 2023

Can Neurotechnology Already Read Our Minds?
Intelligence-Squared

Duke law and philosophy professor Nita Farahany has much to say in this podcast about her new book, The Battle for Your Brain, but she’s at her most interesting when talking about the breakthrough in “semantic decoding” reported by two University of Texas researchers. She predicts that developments in neurotech will be more alarming and confounding in two or three years than what we’re seeing in generative AI.