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The Rip CurrentThe Battle for Your Brain (with Nita Farahany)Duke Professor of Law Nita Farahany has documented the growing industry of companies and devices that try to read your intentions, analyze your mind state, and generally get inside your brain. No, really: in her 2023 book The Battle for Your Brain she documents hundreds of instances in which everyone from employers to authoritarian regimes are hoping to use this stuff on us. And now she's looking ahead in a new book to how technology is changing our ability to think at all. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers...2025-06-041h 00
The Most Interesting Thing in A.I.Outsourcing Thought - with Nicholas Thompson and Nita FarahanyAI is reshaping not just what we think but how we think. In this episode, Nicholas speaks with neuroethicist and legal scholar Nita Farahany about AI's impact on human cognition.
Featured Guest: Nita Farahany, Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law & Philosophy at Duke University and founding director of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-05-2843 min
Legally Speaking PodcastThe Battle for Your Brain: Protecting Cognitive Liberty in the Digital Age - Nita Farahany - S9E11What if your thoughts were no longer private? This week, I’m joined by Nita Farahany, Duke Professor, TedX Speaker, Global Policy Advisor and Author of ‘The Battle for Your brain’. We dive into the urgent reality of neurotechnology where brain data can be tracked, emotions decoded and decision-making influenced by AI. Nita shares why mental privacy and cognitive liberty could become the next fundamental human rights.If you care about freedom, ethics and the future of technology, this episode will change the way you think. Tune in now, the battle for your brain has already...2025-05-1952 min
Good Life ProjectHow Wearable Tech & AI Read Your Mind (and What to Do About It) | Nita A. FarahanyBrace Yourself for the Decoding of Private Thoughts by Consumer Gadgets - Everyday devices like headphones and watches could soon interpret your brain activity and inner experiences. Nita A. Farahany, author of "The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology," unveils the remarkable potential and alarming risks of this emerging neurotechnology. Get ready to rethink assumptions!You can find Nita at: Website | LinkedIn | Episode TranscriptIf you LOVED this episode you’ll also love the conversations we had with Adam Grant about rethinking.Ch...2025-03-1454 min
The Danish Illusion PODCASTWEF-DAVOS 2023-2025: The Minority Report-scenario was here in 2023! Now add pain to the memory.DAVOS 2023Well, the above video-snip is from the World Economic Forums Davos meeting in 2023 featuring Nita Farahany from Duke University. You can watch her full presentation here:https://www.weforum.org/videos/davos-am23-ready-for-brain-transparency-english/Fast forward to DAVOS 2025WEF is now openly talking about torturing people and implanting fake memories to mind control people! Watch Nita Farahany comment below from Davos 2025.The described scenario by Nita Farahany is actually a level above what was seen in the 2002 blockbuster Minority Report by Steven Spielberg starring Tom Cruise.2025-01-2503 min
Neuroethics TodayThe Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology - Nita FarahanyDo we need to protect ourselves from brain tracking and hacking? Do we need a right for cognitive liberty?
In her groundbreaking new book, Professor Nita Farahany explores the profound ethical and legal challenges posed by emerging neurotechnologies. These innovations have the potential to reshape how we understand, influence, and define ourselves—but they also come with significant risks. In this episode, we discuss the promise and peril of neurotechnology, the urgent need for a right to cognitive liberty, and what these developments mean for our personal freedoms. Don’t miss this thought-provoking conversation on t...2024-11-2751 min
Gartner Futures Lab PodcastBattle for Your BrainAccording to author Nita Farahany, “Neuroscience has already made all of this possible today, and neurotechnology will soon become the ‘universal controller’ for all of our interactions with technology. This can benefit humanity immensely, but without safeguards, it can seriously threaten our fundamental human rights to privacy, freedom of thought and self-determination.” In this episode of the Gartner Futures Lab Podcast, host Marty Resnick sits down with the author of “The Battle for Your Brain,” Nita Farahany, and Gartner Senior Director Analyst Sylvain Fabre. They discuss how neurotechnology will soon become the “universal controller” for all of our interactions...2024-11-2341 min
80,000 Hours PodcastParenting insights from Rob and 8 past guestsWith kids very much on the team's mind we thought it would be fun to review some comments about parenting featured on the show over the years, then have hosts Luisa Rodriguez and Rob Wiblin react to them. Links to learn more and full transcript.After hearing 8 former guests’ insights, Luisa and Rob chat about:Which of these resonate the most with Rob, now that he’s been a dad for six months (plus an update at nine months).What have been the biggest surprises for Rob in becoming a parent.How Rob's dealt with...2024-11-081h 35
Closer Look with Rose ScottDuke professor stresses the importance of safeguarding brain data; New book spotlights the experiences of HBCU alumniFor Tuesday’s edition of “Closer Look,” we revisit Rose’s conversations with Duke University professor of law and philosophy Nita Farahany and NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday host Ayesha Rascoe. First, Farahany discusses her book, “The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology.” The book explores neurotechnology and how its continuous evolution could potentially threaten your rights to privacy, freedom of thought, and self-determination if companies have access to your brain data. Then, Rascoe discusses her book, “HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience.” The book is a collection of...2024-09-2551 min
The TED AI ShowYour right to mental privacy in the age of brain-sensing tech (from TED Talks Daily)Today's episode is from another podcast from the TED Audio Collective, TED Talks Daily. If you missed our newest episode, you can listen to it HERE. The TED AI Show will be back with new episodes soon!You've heard Nita Farahany on this show before (and if you haven't, check the episode out HERE). Nita's the neurotech and AI ethicist who is calling for the legal recognition of our "cognitive liberty." In her TED Talk, Nita shares examples of how neurotechnology can let you track your own brain activity and help you deeply understand your health -- but...2024-09-2413 min
TED TechThe TED AI Show: Can AI read your mind? The battle for your brain w/ Nita FarahanyImagine a world where your thoughts are no longer private – where employers, friends, and even companies can see, hack, or exploit your thinking. According to ethicist Nita Farahany, that reality is closer than you think. Nita and Bilawal discuss the rapidly advancing field of neurotechnology and its potential to completely transform our everyday lives, from tools that could help you deeply understand your health to tech that could manipulate your dreams. Nita also shares why we need to protect our "cognitive liberty" and how to exercise our rights to think freely in an age of mind-reading technology.Fo...2024-09-1035 minThe TED AI ShowCan AI read your mind? The battle for your brain w/ Nita FarahanyImagine a world where your thoughts are no longer private – where employers, friends, and even companies can see, hack, or exploit your thinking. According to ethicist Nita Farahany, that reality is closer than you think. Nita and Bilawal discuss the rapidly advancing field of neurotechnology and its potential to completely transform our everyday lives, from tools that could help you deeply understand your health to tech that could manipulate your dreams. Nita also shares why we need to protect our "cognitive liberty" and how to exercise our rights to think freely in an age of mind-reading technology.For tr...2024-09-1035 min
Privacy FilesMental Privacy with Dr. Nita FarahanySince launching this podcast, we've covered a wide variety of privacy issues. But one topic we haven't addressed is the concept of "mental privacy."
In this episode of Privacy Files, we talk to Dr. Nita Farahany about how advancements in neurotechnology are threatening to infringe on cognitive liberty.
Dr. Farahany is a professor of law and philosophy at Duke University and the author of the book The Battle for your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology.
With the rise of consumer wearables like watches, headphones and smart...2024-08-1041 min
Through ConversationsNita Farahany: Neurotech, Freedom of Thought, and Workplace SurveillanceIn this episode, Nita Farahany joins us to discuss her book "The Battle For Your Brain" and its implications.2024-07-1555 min
Urgent Futures with Jesse DamianiNita Farahany: Neurotech, the Latest Skirmishes in the 'Battle for Your Brain,' and Your Right to Cognitive Liberty | Urgent Futures #15My guest this week is Nita Farahany.Nita Farahany is a pioneering changemaker and leading authority at the intersection of law, ethics, and technology. As the Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law & Philosophy at Duke Law School, and Founding Director of Duke Science & Society, she drives transformative discussions on technology's ethical implications. Her seminal book, The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology (2023), charts a pathway to cognitive freedom in an increasingly interconnected world. A highly sought after speaker, her insights resonate from TED stages to the World...2024-07-101h 08
The Tyson Popplestone Show#144 - Nita Farahany | Neurotechnology and The Battle for Your BrainNita Farahany is a renowned professor at Duke University, specializing in the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging technologies. Her latest book, "The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology," explores the transformative potential and profound ethical concerns of neurotechnologies like brain-computer interfaces and neural implants. Farahany emphasizes the need for robust protections to safeguard mental privacy and cognitive liberty in the face of these advancements.EPISODE OUTLINE:00:00 Introduction and Overview of Neurotechnology03:42 The Progression of Neurotechnology and Brain Sensors06:35 Neurotechnology in the Workplace2024-06-2658 min
Smart People PodcastThe Alarming Truth About Brain Surveillance and the War for Your Thoughts with Nita FarahanyImagine a world where your brain can be interrogated to learn your political beliefs, your thoughts can be used as evidence of a crime, and your own feelings can be held against you. A world where people who suffer from epilepsy receive alerts moments before a seizure, and the average person can peer into their own mind to eliminate painful memories or cure addictions.Neuroscience has already made all of this possible today, and neurotechnology will soon become the “universal controller” for all of our interactions with technology. This can benefit humanity immensely, but without safeguards, it can...2024-06-041h 01
she persisted192. Technology & Gen Z: AI, Cancel Culture, Ethics, & More feat. Nita Farahany#192 Today's guest is Nita Farahany— a leading scholar and keynote speaker on the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging technologies. She is the Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law & Philosophy at Duke Law School, the Founding Director of Duke Science & Society, and was even appointed by President Obama to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues where she served from 2010 to 2017. In this episode, we discuss:+ How Gen Z is being impacted by widespread technology use & AI + Overconsumption of technology use & its effects on Gen Z+ What self-determination is & how...2024-06-0244 min
FUTURES PodcastA Right to Cognitive Liberty w/ Prof. Nita FarahanyLegal scholar Nita Farahany shares her insights into protecting our privacy through the right to cognitive liberty, how neuro-technology can enhance our understanding of mental health, and why the public should demand self-access to their brain data. Nita Farahany is Professor of Law & Philosophy at Duke Law School, Director of Science & Society, and Faculty Chair of the MA in Bioethics & Society Policy. Since 2010, she has served on Obama’s Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. Her scholarship focuses on the ethical, legal, and social implications of biosciences and emerging technologies, particularly those related to neuroscience an...2024-05-2726 min
Machines Like UsThe Battle for Your BrainEarlier this year, Elon Musk’s company Neuralink successfully installed one of their brain implants in a 29 year old quadriplegic man named Noland Arbaugh. The device changed Arbaugh’s life. He no longer needs a mouth stylus to control his computer or play video games. Instead, he can use his mind.The brain-computer interface that Arbaugh uses is part of an emerging field known as neurotechnology that promises to reshape the way we live. A wide range of AI empowered neurotechnologies may allow disabled people like Arbaugh to regain independence, or give us the ability to erase trau...2024-05-2139 min
Stay Tuned with PreetAI on Trial: Bot Bharara Steals Stay TunedHow might AI infringe on intellectual property and personality rights? And could AI replace Preet as the host of Stay Tuned? This is the final episode of a Stay Tuned miniseries, “AI on Trial,” featuring Preet Bharara in conversation with Nita Farahany, professor of law and philosophy at Duke University.Preet and Nita discuss the hypothetical case of an artificial intelligence chatbot that impersonates Preet as the host of a copycat podcast, Stay Tuned with Bot Bharara. The unauthorized chatbot was trained on everything Preet has ever said or writt...2024-03-1839 minStay Tuned with PreetAI on Trial: Deepfakes v. DemocracyHow might AI impact our elections? This is the second episode of a Stay Tuned miniseries, “AI on Trial,” featuring Preet Bharara in conversation with Nita Farahany, professor of law and philosophy at Duke University.Preet and Nita discuss the hypothetical case of a hotly-contested Senate race. The campaigns are derailed when the leading candidate is accused of using AI to create fake videos that burnish his performance and hurt his opponent. Do existing laws, policies, and government agencies sufficiently safeguard our political process, and if not, what needs to ha...2024-03-1133 minStay Tuned with PreetAI on Trial: Bot-Crossed LoversWhat happens when an AI chatbot takes part in a crime?This is the first episode of a Stay Tuned miniseries, “AI on Trial,” featuring Preet Bharara in conversation with Nita Farahany, professor of law and philosophy at Duke University. Preet and Nita discuss the hypothetical case of a nurse who is caught stealing medications and redistributing them to people living in poverty. As it turns out, an artificial intelligence chatbot, who the nurse is in love with, aided her crimes and coerced her into carrying them out. How might...2024-03-0449 min
Technology and SecurityNeurotechnology, cognitive liberty and information warfare with Professor Nita FarahanyIn this episode of Technology and Security, Dr Miah Hammond-Errey speaks with Professor Nita Farahany about the increasing emergence of neurotechnology and what it means for national security as well as consumers, policy makers, military forces and nation states. They discuss the importance of ensuring the privacy of brain data as the ‘final piece in the jigsaw puzzle’ of data collection by large technology companies. They also discuss the possibility of identifying, verifying and targeting individuals by their neural signature and why addressing this technology should be a national security priority. They explore the current and potential roles neurotechnology can...2024-01-2239 min
80k After HoursHighlights: #174 – Nita Farahany on the neurotechnology already being used to convict criminals and manipulate workersThis is a selection of highlights from episode #174 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:Nita Farahany on the neurotechnology already being used to convict criminals and manipulate workersAnd if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let us know by emailing podcast@80000hours.org.Highlights put together by Simon Monsour, Milo McGuire, and Dominic Armstrong2024-01-0325 min
"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player AnalysisCutting-edge Neurotechnology with Nita Farahany in Conversation with Luisa Rodriguez on The 80,000 Hours PodcastWe're sharing a few of Nathan's favorite AI scouting episodes from other shows. Today: Nita Farahani shares her insights with 80,000 Hours' Luisa Rodriguez on the current state of neurotechnology and its potential impacts on various fields, including work, healthcare, privacy, and even human cognition. The discussion includes Farahani's assessment of devices like SmartCap and Neuralink, the concept of cognitive liberty, the risks of the technology, and the need for proper regulation and ethical considerations.If you need an ecommerce platform, check out our sponsor Shopify: https://shopify.com/cognitive for a $1/month trial period.2024-01-032h 05
FOMO Sapiens with Patrick J. McGinnisNita Farahany on Safeguarding Your Brain in the Age of NeurotechnologyEmbark on a journey into neurotechnology with host Patrick McGinnis in this episode of FOMO Sapiens. Patrick and legal scholar Nita Farahany explore the ethical dilemmas of modern neurotech, from brain sensors to AI, reshaping behavior and cognition. Nita shares tips for safeguarding mental well-being and calls for updated human rights frameworks to navigate the era of neurotechnology. Join us for insights in an episode you won't want to miss! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-12-1432 min
80,000 Hours Podcast#174 – Nita Farahany on the neurotechnology already being used to convict criminals and manipulate workers"It will change everything: it will change our workplaces, it will change our interactions with the government, it will change our interactions with each other. It will make all of us unwitting neuromarketing subjects at all times, because at every moment in time, when you’re interacting on any platform that also has issued you a multifunctional device where they’re looking at your brainwave activity, they are marketing to you, they’re cognitively shaping you."So I wrote the book as both a wake-up call, but also as an agenda-setting: to say, what do we need to do...2023-12-072h 00
Aspen Ideas to GoWho Can Track and Hack Our Brains?A technological future where our brain waves could be monitored and our thoughts decoded and analyzed — sometimes against our will — is not as far away as we think. But our existing legal protections and conception of human rights around cognitive liberty are trailing innovations in neurotechnology. Brain hacking tools and devices could bring massive benefits, for people suffering from dementia or mental health disorders, for instance. If we want to avoid dystopian outcomes, though, we have to be deliberate about how we allow this technology to develop, says Nita Farahany, a bioethics researcher and professor at Duke University. In this...2023-10-1952 min
Intentional PerformersNita Farahany on Cognitive LibertyNita Farahany is one of those people that I get the pleasure of interviewing that when I read her bio or hear her speak or read her stuff, I’m thinking to myself how the heck am I going to interview this person who is ten times smarter and more accomplished than I am. And that is the truth, I’m not just lowering my intelligence for the sake of this conversation or this introduction; it is how I feel. I get nervous and anxious talking to people like Nita. And so, I’m going to give you Nita’s bio, a...2023-10-111h 14
We Can Do Pod ThingsNita Farahany, BioEthics, and that time we broke our brainsEmily leads the dive into Nita Farahany's appearance on an episode of Armchair Experts where she discusses her work and research on the ethical nightmares we are soon to be navigating in the not so distant future thanks to brain scanning technology, AI, and, of course, capitalism.Armchair Expert episode link: https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/nita-farahanyEmail: podthingspodcastInstagram: we_can_do_pod_thingsTiktok: @podthingspodcast2023-09-151h 01
TED HealthYour right to mental privacy in the age of brain-sensing tech | Nita FarahanyNeurotechnology, or devices that let you track your own brain activity, could help you deeply understand your health. But without privacy protections, your innermost thoughts, emotions and desires could be at risk of exploitation, says neurotech and AI ethicist Nita Farahany. She details some of the field's promising potential uses -- like tracking and treating diseases from depression to epilepsy -- and shares concerns about who collects our brain data and how they plan to use it, ultimately calling for the legal recognition of "cognitive liberty" as we connect our brains and minds to technology.Want to...2023-09-1214 min
Your Undivided AttentionProtecting Our Freedom of Thought with Nita FarahanyWe are on the cusp of an explosion of cheap, consumer-ready neurotechnology - from earbuds that gather our behavioral data, to sensors that can read our dreams. And it’s all going to be supercharged by AI. This technology is moving from niche to mainstream - and it has the same potential to become exponential. Legal scholar Nita Farahany talks us through the current state of neurotechnology and its deep links to AI. She says that we urgently need to protect the last frontier of privacy: our internal thoughts. And she argues that without a new legal frame...2023-08-0344 min
Ologies with Alie WardNeurotechnology (AI + BRAIN TECH) with Nita FarahanyMachine poets. ChatGPT fails. Neurological surveillance. Brain implants that treat depression. Is it scary? Cool? Let’s firehose some questions at Duke Law professor, neuro and bioethicist, author and TED speaker Dr. Nita Farahany. She explains the history of AI, the dawn of chatbots, what’s changed recently, the potential for good, the possible perils, how different lawmakers are stepping in, and whether or not this is scary dinner party conversation. Do you have feelings about AI and brain implants? Hopefully, and we talk about why. Buy Dr. Nita Farahany’s books: The Battle for Your Brain: Defendi...2023-08-021h 19
The Remnant with Jonah GoldbergGet Out of My HeadIf you’re fearful of the future, you may not want to tune in to today’s terrifying Remnant. Jonah’s guest is Nita Farahany, a professor at Duke Law School and the author of The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology. The book explores the rise of neurotechnology—devices designed to track our brain signals to figure out exactly what we’re thinking and feeling and why. But would a world of mental surveillance and ubiquitous neural interfaces be exciting or dystopian? And what are the implications of this technology...2023-07-261h 01
No Holding Back with Susan EstrichNita Farahany - Iranian American Author and Distinguished ProfessorNita Farahany is an Iranian American author and distinguished professor and scholar. Nita joins Susan to discuss her critically acclaimed book, The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology. Together they discuss the implications of emerging neuroscience, genomics, and artificial intelligence for law and society; legal and bioethical issues and conclude if our society is ready for it?All this and more on No Holding Back with Susan Estrich.Sign up to receive updates by email when a new episode drops at: www.noholdingback.fm/P...2023-06-1436 min
TED Talks DailyYour right to mental privacy in the age of brain-sensing tech | Nita FarahanyNeurotechnology, or devices that let you track your own brain activity, could help you deeply understand your health. But without privacy protections, your innermost thoughts, emotions and desires could be at risk of exploitation, says neurotech and AI ethicist Nita Farahany. She details some of the field's promising potential uses -- like tracking and treating diseases from depression to epilepsy -- and shares concerns about who collects our brain data and how they plan to use it, ultimately calling for the legal recognition of "cognitive liberty" as we connect our brains and minds to technology. Hosted on Acast...2023-05-3013 min
Il podcast di Antonino PriviteraYour right to mental privacy in the age of brain-sensing tech | Nita FarahanyNeurotechnology, or devices that let you track your own brain activity, could help you deeply understand your health. But without privacy protections, your innermost thoughts, emotions and desires could be at risk of exploitation, says neurotech and AI ethicist Nita Farahany. She details some of the field's promising potential uses -- like tracking and treating diseases from depression to epilepsy -- and shares concerns about who collects our brain data and how they plan to use it, ultimately calling for the legal recognition of "cognitive liberty" as we connect our brains and minds to technology.2023-05-3012 min
Luiza's Podcast#4: Cognitive Liberty & Privacy in the Age of AI, with Prof. Nita FarahanyIn this episode, Luiza Jarovsky discusses with Prof. Nita Farahany her new book "The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology," as well as issues related to the protection of cognitive liberty and privacy in the context of current AI and Neurotechnology challenges. Prof. Farahany is a leader and pioneer in the field of ethics of neuroscience, and this will be a fascinating conversation you cannot miss.Luiza Jarovsky is the CEO of the AI, Tech & Privacy Academy.Read more about Luiza's work at https://www.luizajarovsky.comSubscribe...2023-05-3042 min
Intelligence SquaredCan Neurotechnology Already Read Our Minds?In this episode we bring you our event ‘The Battle for Your Brain’, recorded on the 2nd of May 2023.Imagine a world where people who suffer from epilepsy receive alerts moments before a seizure, where the average person can peer into their own mind to eliminate painful memories and we can easily cure addictions. This is also a world where your brain could be interrogated to learn your political beliefs, your thoughts can be used as evidence of a crime, and your own feelings can be held against you. One of the world’s foremost experts...2023-05-2938 min
Heads Talk150 - Nita Farahany Professor, TL, Author: Neurotech Series - The Sixth Domain of Warfare: The Battle for Cognitive LibertyLet us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedInEpisode Title:- 🇺🇸The Sixth Domain of Warfare: The Battle for Cognitive Liberty🇺🇸This is a 'not to be missed' 150th episode of Heads Talk for the #HTNeurotechSeries. We have the incredible Nita Farahany, Robinson O. Everett distinguished Professor of Law & Philosophy at Duke Law School, the Founding Director of Duke Science & Society, the Faculty Chair of the Duke MA in Bioethics & Science Policy, and principal investigator of SLAP Lab. She is the Au...2023-05-2853 min
The Singularity Discussion SeriesFBL102: Nita Farahany – Thinking Freely in the Age of NeurotechnologyThis week our guest is Nita Farahany, a Distinguished Professor at Duke University where she heads the Science, Law, and Policy Lab. The research she conducts in her lab specifically focuses on the implications of emerging neuroscience, genomics, and artificial intelligence; and, as a testament to her expertise, there is a long, long list of awards and influential positions she can lay claim to, including an appointment by Obama to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.
In this episode, we explore Nita’s recent publication, provocatively entitled, The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Ri...2023-05-2252 min
Michael Covel's Trend FollowingEp. 1182: Nita Farahany Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following RadioMy guest today is Nita Farahany, an Iranian-American author and distinguished professor and scholar on the ramifications of new technology on society, law, and ethics. She currently teaches Law and Philosophy at Duke University where she is the Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law & Philosophy at Duke Law School, the founding director of the Duke Initiative for Science and Society as well as a chair of the Bioethics and Science Policy MA program. The topic is her book The Battle for Your Brain. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: The...2023-05-2252 min
The Cognitive Crucible#147 Nita Farahany on Cognitive LibertyThe Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, Nita Farahany discusses her cognitive liberty concept, as well as her book: The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology. Research Question: Prof. Farahany asks what can we do individually to tell fact from fiction, safeguard against manipulation, engage critical thinking skills...2023-05-0939 min
The Armen Show391: Nita Farahany | Defending The Right To Think Freely In “The Battle for Your Brain”
Nita A. Farahany is a leading scholar on the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging technologies. She is the Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law & Philosophy at Duke Law School, the Founding Director of Duke Science & Society, the Faculty Chair of the Duke MA in Bioethics & Science Policy, and principal investigator of SLAP Lab.
On “The Battle for Your Brain”:
“A new dawn of brain tracking and hacking is coming. Will you be prepared for what comes next?
Imagine a world where your brain can be interrogated to learn your political belief...2023-04-2752 min
In RealityWhat if AI Could Literally Read Your Mind?Social media platforms know a ton about who you are from your online behavior, but there’s one thing they can’t yet know: what you’re thinking at any given moment. That is the last stronghold of privacy in the digital age, except our next guest believes that could be about to fall, too. Nita Farahany is a professor of law and philosophy at Duke University and a leading scholar on the social implications of new technologies. Her new book, The Battle for Your Brain, discusses rapid advances in neurotechnology, the marriage of brain...2023-04-2542 min
Instant GeniusThe fight to keep our brains private, with Nita FarahanyIn the not too distant future, we could all be wearing wearables that scan our brain waves, understanding how we feel, think and act. Before then, author Nita Farahany argues that we need to rethink our rules to privacy to include our brains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2023-04-2127 min
Armchair Expert with Dax ShepardNita Farahany (on neurotechnology and the law)Nita Farahany (The Battle For Your Brain) is an author, professor, and scholar. Nita joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the effects of implementing brain wave monitoring, what body politics are, and how AI is currently being used to predict human behavior. Nita and Dax talk about the fears they have surrounding neurotechnology, whether transferring a person's consciousness will be possible some day, and how fast surveillance is normalized. Nita explains why the definition of death is being debated, how privacy practices often don't align with privacy preferences, and what cognitive rights laws could look like in the future.
See...2023-04-201h 58Stay Tuned with PreetIn Brief: Balancing AI, Ethics, and Freedom (with Nita Farahany)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. Stay Tuned in Brief is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Please write to us with your thoughts and questions at let...2023-04-1750 min
City Arts & LecturesNita Farahany and Preet BhararaWhat is “cheating” in the era of generative AI and cognitive enhancers? What rights do we have against institutional misuse of AI and nanotechnology? These technologies have permeated everything from criminal justice to the future of work – and without proper safeguards, they have the power to wreak havoc on our fundamental human rights to privacy, freedom of thought, and self-determination. Former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, podcast host, and author Preet Bharara (Doing Justice) talks with futurist and legal ethicist Nita Farahany (The Battle for Your Brain) about these questions, and how we can naviga...2023-04-161h 09
JoltyThe Battle for Your Brain!This week Adam and Faith are joined by one of the most Jolty guests yet, a fellow futurist Nita Farahany, who is the author of a new book called The Battle for Your Brain. It's quite the dystopian idea that future technology will open up the possibilities of reading and understanding what someone is thinking. But while it seems like something from a George Orwell novel, it could be here sooner than you think.
That’s why Nita has made it her mission to bring awareness to this developing field so that society may have a chance to...2023-04-1148 min
Closer Look with Rose ScottDuke professor discusses her new book ‘The Battle for Your Brain’Nita Farahany is the Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law and Philosophy at Duke University and the founding director of the Duke Initiative for Science and Society. Farahany, who also served as the former commissioner on the U.S. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues during the Obama administration, joins “Closer Look to discuss her new book “The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2023-04-0650 min
TechNation Radio PodcastEpisode 23-14 Neurotech and the battle for your brain???On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Duke University Professor Nita Farahany about her book, “The Battle for Your Brain … Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology.” Then recovering from the devastation of war, Conservation X Lab’s Dr. Alex Dehgan talks about his book, “The Snow Leopard Project … and other Adventures in Warzone Conservation”.2023-04-0659 min
TheThinkingAtheistCan Someone Hack My Brain? (with Professor Nita Farahany)Nita Farahany is a law and philosophy professor at Duke Univerisity. She's also an expert on bioethics, genomics, AI, and she's author of the book, "The Battle for your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology."VIDEO of this conversation: https://youtu.be/92HhsKv_dHIBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thethinkingatheist--3270347/support.2023-04-0447 min
Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa MariaCognitive Liberty w/ Nita FarahanyIn this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by Duke Law and Philosophy professor Dr. Nita Farahany to talk about her new book, "The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology." They discuss the concept of cognitive liberty from a legal and ethical framework, including how privacy and convenience will continue to shift as technology allows deeper access to our internal worlds.2023-04-0456 min
The Gray Area with Sean IllingYour brain isn't so private anymoreGuest host Sigal Samuel talks with professor of philosophy and law Nita Farahany about her new book The Battle for Your Brain. In it, Farahany details the new brain-scanning tech that has already arrived, and the risks this poses to our privacy and freedom of thought. Sigal and Nita discuss what this technology can currently do (and what it can't), how new devices might be used by corporations or governments to infringe on our rights, and the prospect of using new technologies to rid ourselves of painful or traumatic memories — even, potentially, before they've been formed....2023-04-031h 05
The C.O.W.S.The C. O. W. S. Neutralizing Workplace Racism 03/31/23Last week, Gus lamented not sharing the Harvard Business Review report with Nita Farahany about her book, The Battle for Your Brain, which examines how 21st century technology is being used to harvest data about our brain computers. Farahany places special emphasis on how this tech is being used in the workplace - to screen potential employees and/or to monitor the conduct of current workers. We also share tips for non-white supervisors. #TheCOWS14Years INVEST in The COWS – http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Cash App: https://cash.app/$TheCOWS CALL IN NUMBER: 605.313.5164 CODE: 564943#2023-04-0100 min
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Broward County Library Creation StationTech Talk Weekly Number 122Episode number 122 – March 30th 2023 – Amazon’s sidewalk is open and delivers the metaverse, and the battle for your brain
This week's guest: Francie Devine from NOR Creation Station
Links to this week’s stories:
Amazon’s sidewalk is open
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/28/23659191/amazon-sidewalk-network-coverage
https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/28/amazon-opens-its-low-bandwidth-long-range-sidewalk-network-to-developers/
The Battle for your brain:
Using your brain with robots
https://www.hackster.io/news/a-new-non-invasive-brain-machine-interface-offers-thought-based-robot-control-with-high-accuracy-825e3d406d62
Who owns your...2023-03-3021 min
The Future of YouThe Discussion: Brain Data and the Sovereign Self #13We start Season 3 by exploring brain data - what is it? How can it be collected and used? And who has access to it?In this episode I’m joined by Nita Farahany; author of The Battle For Your Brain and Professor at Duke University. We discuss how brain data is already being collected and used as well as the importance of cognitive liberty. I also find out more about the technology being used to collect brain data. I talk with CEO and Co-founder of Neurable Dr. Ramses Alcaide, and Co-founder and CEO of Neu...2023-03-301h 03
Kinship TalesThe Future of Work | Ep 2 | S2Join Bryan and Kelly as we interview people in Seattle about how work is changing. Workers in the U.S. are less engaged, getting fired across Big Tech, and facing the prospect of being replaced by artificial intelligence (A.I.). On this episode, we ask different folks in Seattle what they think about worker productivity, trends around work, and what needs to change to protect workers from technology. Episode Resources: Microsoft & Open AI: New Search EngineNita Farahany: The Fight For Our BrainShoshana Zuboff: Surveillance CapitalismOpen AI: GPT 4...2023-03-2533 min
NPR's Book of the DayTwo books warn about the privacy implications of AI and neurotechnologyToday's episode is all about tech. First, Paul Scharre of the Center for a New American Security speaks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about his new book, Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, and the ways autocratic governments can rely on AI for repressive surveillance tactics. Then, Duke University professor Nita Farahany and NPR's Ailsa Chang discuss a potential nightmare: employers' ability to track worker's brains for productivity. Farahany's new book, The Battle for Your Brain, tracks advancements in neurotechnology and advocates for cognitive liberty.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices...2023-03-2418 min
The Duke Law Podcast'The Battle for Your Brain' and a right to cognitive liberty with Prof. Nita FarahanyIn this episode of The Duke Law Podcast, Professor Nita Farahany, director of Duke Science & Society, discusses her new book, "The Battle for Your Brain," and her argument for a codified right to cognitive liberty with Clinical Professor Jeff Ward, director of the Duke Center on Law & Tech. Speakers: Duke Law Professor Nita Farahany at https://law.duke.edu/fac/farahany/, https://twitter.com/NitaFarahany, and https://www.nitafarahany.com/). Clinical Professor Jeff Ward at https://law.duke.edu/fac/jward/. Purchase and download the "The Battle for Your Brain" at https://shorturl.at/iEIKV. Transcript: https://bit.ly/3lDWShn2023-03-2335 min
DebuggerThe Battle for Your Brain -- preserving 'cognitive liberty' in the age of neurotechnologyIf you feel a little creeped out by the idea of wearing gadgets that send your pulse rate or oxygen levels or sleep patterns to a big tech company …wait until you hear what Duke University professor Nita Farahany is warning people about in her brand new book, The Battle for Your Brain. Earbuds might be able to spy on your thoughts. And like it or not, you might have to let tech into your brain just so you can compete with artificial intelligence.
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HBR IdeaCastBrain Tech Is Getting Really Good. Here's What Managers Need to KnowWhat seemed like science fiction for decades is now a reality: companies are selling wearable tech and monitoring devices that can sense people’s brain activity. Neurotechnology opens incredible opportunities for new products and safer workplaces. It also raises huge red flags for privacy and ethics. And managers and organizational leaders are on the front lines of these dilemmas, says Duke University School of Law professor Nita Farahany. She explains the commercial products based on neurotechnology, the impact on workers and organizations, and the need for regulations and corporate policies. Farahany wrote the book The Battle for Your Brain: Defending th...2023-03-2128 min
Clear+Vivid with Alan AldaNita Farahany: The Battle For Your BrainHer new book takes a deep dive into neurotechnology – the ability to read and record your brain waves. While there are many potential benefits – Nita herself uses a simple device to help control her migraines – she is alarmed at the prospect of others, be they employers or governments, being able to peer into your mind.
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Conversations With ColemanMind-Reading Tech is Here with Nita FarahanyMy guest today is Nita Farahany. Nita is a professor of Law and Philosophy at Duke Law School. She is the founding director of the Duke Science and Society. She is the faculty chair of the Duke MA in Bioethics and Science Policy and Principal Investigator at slap lab. In 2010, she was appointed by President Obama to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues where she served until 2017. She's an appointed Member of the National Advisory Council for the National Institute for Neurological Disease and Stroke and she is a past president of the International Neuroethics Society. T...2023-03-171h 13Conversations With ColemanMind-Reading Tech is Here with Nita FarahanyMy guest today is Nita Farahany. Nita is a professor of Law and Philosophy at Duke Law School. She is the founding director of the Duke Science and Society. She is the faculty chair of the Duke MA in Bioethics and Science Policy and Principal Investigator at slap lab. In 2010, she was appointed by President Obama to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues where she served until 2017. She's an appointed Member of the National Advisory Council for the National Institute for Neurological Disease and Stroke and she is a past president of the International Neuroethics Society. T...2023-03-171h 13
Federalist Radio HourInside ‘The Battle For Your Brain’On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Nita Farahany, the Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law & Philosophy at Duke Law School, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss the concept of cognitive liberty and how it can combat the ethical and legal dilemmas presented by advances in neurotechnology. You can find Farahany's book "The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology" here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250272966/thebattleforyourbrain2023-03-1450 min
Carnegie Council PodcastsThe Battle for Your Brain, with Nita A. FarahanyNow is the moment to extend human rights to encompass cognitive rights proposes Duke Law School's Professor Nita A. Farahany in her just-published book The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Clearly in the Age of Neurotechnologies. She introduces the vast array of devices already deployed that can sample various forms of brain activity. In her book and in this far-reaching Artificial Intelligence & Equality podcast with Carnegie-Uehiro Fellow Wendell Wallach, Farahany outlines how even limited cognitive information collected by neurotechnologies can be combined with other data to enhance self-understanding or manipulate your attitudes or state of min...2023-03-141h 11
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Biology & ChemistryThe Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology by Nita A. FarahanyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology Author: Nita A. Farahany Narrator: Rachel Perry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Genres: Biology & Chemistry Publisher's Summary: A new dawn of brain tracking and hacking is coming. Will you be prepared for what comes next? Imagine a world where your brain can be interrogated to learn your political beliefs, your thoughts can be used as evidence of a crime, and your own feelings can be held against you...2023-03-1405 min
The Jordan Harbinger Show810: Nita Farahany | Thinking Freely in the Age of NeurotechnologyNita Farahany (@NitaFarahany) is a law professor at Duke University; a leading expert on the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging technologies; and the author of The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology.
What We Discuss with Nita Farahany:
Consumer technology that can track, decode, and even manipulate what goes on in the brain is no longer just a plot device in some far-flung sci-fi novel — it's already beginning to come to market.
An ALS patient recently set a record for communicating through a brain implant at...2023-03-141h 31
Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Computers & TechnologyThe Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology by Nita A. FarahanyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology Author: Nita A. Farahany Narrator: Rachel Perry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Genres: Computers & Technology Publisher's Summary: A new dawn of brain tracking and hacking is coming. Will you be prepared for what comes next? Imagine a world where your brain can be interrogated to learn your political beliefs, your thoughts can be used as evidence of a crime, and your own feelings can be held against you...2023-03-1405 min
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and IdeasNita Farahany on Ethics, Law, and NeurotechnologyEvery time our brain does some thinking, there are associated physical processes. In particular, electric currents and charged particles jump between neurons, creating associated electromagnetic fields. These fields can in principle be detected with proper technology, opening the possibility for reading your mind. That technology is currently primitive, but rapidly advancing, and it's not too early to start thinking about legal and ethical consequences when governments and corporations have access to your thoughts. Nita Farahany is a law professor and bioethicist who discusses these issues in her new book, The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think F...2023-03-131h 11
The Prof G Pod with Scott GallowayThe Promises and Perils of Neurotechnology – with Nita FarahanyNita Farahany, a professor of law at Duke University and the author of “The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology,” joins Scott to discuss the threat to our privacy and freedom of thought, and the future of neurotechnology. Follow Nita on Twitter, @NitaFarahany.Scott opens by discussing the Biden Administration’s announcement that chip manufacturers that access $150M+ funding from the CHIPS Act must provide childcare. He then shares his thoughts on the bipartisan effort to take action against TikTok. Algebra of Happiness: expressing love. ...2023-03-0958 min
3 TakeawaysThe Battle for Your Brain: The Emerging World of Neurotechnology, Brain Hacking and Thought Control (#135)Brain sensors embedded in watches. Earbuds that decode our brainwaves. Neurotechnology that reads our emotions and thoughts, and can be used to manipulate them. It sounds like science fiction, but it’s science fact. Don’t miss this chilling and cautionary talk with Duke professor Nita Farahany, author of The Battle for Your Brain.2023-03-0722 min
The Thomas Miller ShowThey Can See Your Thoughts!!!Nita Farahany (Duke U.) admits wearable brain scanners could be a "dystopia" or the best thing since sliced bread. Like most "futurists," she's willing to risk it. And if her dreams come true, your brain waves will be your biometric ID. Click the link to watch the full video.
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Truth DetectiveEvil Fascist Plans for Our Future By Global Elitists - Davos, 2023This episode is about the World Economic Forum's members who attend the big meeting in Davos, Switzerland every January. This year it became clear that there is still a high level of hypocrisy among the members and the elitists. There are open sessions for all of us that we can see on the World Economic Forum website ( http://weforum.org ). But then there are the "closed-door" secret meetings that are clearly where most of the big decisions are made. Corporate leaders, officials, political leaders, and elitists with a lot of money are there thinking hard and networking to wheel and d...2023-02-0132 min
The Master of NoneThe Battle for Your Brain: Navigating the Ethical Dilemmas of NeurotechnologyJoin us as we delve into the world of neurotechnology and its potential to revolutionize our lives, but also threaten our fundamental human rights. From one of the world's foremost experts on the ethics of neuroscience, Nita Farahany, we explore the legal and ethical dilemmas that come with mind-reading technology, brain implants, and the use of brain data in criminal trials. As neurotechnology becomes the universal controller for our interactions with technology, it's more important than ever to understand the implications and make sure our rights are protected. Don't miss this thought-provoking and timely examination of the future of our...2023-01-2815 minNeuroethics TodaySocial Justice and NeuroethicsDuring Episode 1 of our special season highlighting last year’s International Neuroethics Society meeting, we focused on the meeting theme. This conference centered social justice and neuroethics, and in this episode we defined these terms and discussed the importance of their intersection. Our guest host was Dr. Nita Farahany, immediate past president of the INS. Our speakers were Dr. Anita L. Allen, Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania; and Dr. Khara Ramos, the Vice President of Neuroscience & Society at the Dana Foundation. Drs. Farahany, Allen, and Ramos consider several critical qu...2023-01-0947 min
CAFE InsiderStay Tuned Bonus 7/14: Nita FarahanyIn this bonus from Stay Tuned, 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. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.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.2022-07-1405 minStay Tuned with PreetIs There a Right to Privacy of Thought? (with Nita Farahany)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...2022-07-141h 12CAFE InsiderStay Tuned Bonus 7/14: Nita FarahanyIn this bonus from Stay Tuned, 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. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.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.2022-07-1405 min