Human Plasticity and Human-Machine Interface
Mon, Apr 09
|Center for Integrated Life Sciences and
Anders Sandberg (Oxford), Nicholas Agar (Victoria, Wellington), Joseph A. Stramondo (San Diego State), Serife Tekin (Texas at San Antonio). Co-sponsored with BU Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science, the Cernese Fund for Ethics and Emerging Scienand Harvard Medical School’s Center for Bioethics.


Time & Location
Apr 09, 2018, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Center for Integrated Life Sciences and, 610 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
About the event
How are our biologies, neurologies, and cultural norms affected by implantation of microdevices, social media, and alterations in our everyday and domestic environment? Speakers will include Anders Sandberg (Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford Martin Senior Fellow, Oxford Martin School) on transhumanist criticisms of Elon Musk’s claim that neurointerfaces will reduce the risk from AI, Nicholas Agar (Victoria University of Wellington) on human enhancement, Joseph A. Stramondo (Michigan State, San Diego State) on diability and well-being, Serife Tekin (Texas at San Antonio) on intelligent psychotherapy bots. Co-sponsored with BU Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science, the Cernese Fund for Ethics and Emerging Sciences, and the Harvard Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School.