Cells to Silicon - Your Brain in 2050

Overview

Explore the cutting-edge of brain-machine interactions in this 1 hour 22 minute conference talk from the 2014 World Science Festival. Join host Robert Krulwich and a panel of experts including neuroscientists John Donoghue and Sheila Nirenberg, computer scientist Michel Maharbiz, and psychologist Gary Marcus as they discuss the future of neurotechnology. Delve into topics such as neural control of prosthetics, facial recognition in the brain, non-invasive brain-computer interfaces, and the potential for machine consciousness. Examine the ethical implications of bionic humans, brain implant security, and the possibility of transferring human consciousness to machines. Gain insights into how advances in neuroscience and technology may reshape our understanding of the brain and human capabilities by 2050.

Syllabus

Robert Krulwich's Introduction.
Participant Introductions.
Taking a drink when you are totally paralyzed.
How many neurons would we need to do this action normally?
What are the sounds we are hearing from the brain?
What is the Jennifer Aniston cell?
Facial recognition and why we can't recognize people.
Is there a less invasive way to read and control the brain?
In the next 20 years how will machines become a native speaker?
The brain has it's own math and our interpretation.
Is joy or love a mathematical equation?
Drugs are the first prosthetics.
Making a copy of yourself and moving into a machine.
Physically reacting before your brain has a chance to know it.
Does the implant technology give any feeling back?
At what point do humans become bionic?
Can the technology being implanted be hacked?
Is the brain guessing what happens before it happens can the technology do this as well?
do we have the computational technology to replicate the consciousness?
Will we evolve into the mechanics?