UFS AI COP Meeting: Your Brain on ChatGPT

Join us in conversation with Dr. Nataliya Kosmyna a Research Scientist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab for a discussion around AI and the scientific and ethical questions it raises in today's world. 

Presentation title: Your Brain on ChatGPT 

Biography: 

For millions of years, human intelligence set the standard. But now, the lightning pace of tech has left us gasping, struggling to keep up with our own cognitive demands. AI has pushed civilization into overdrive, yet what we are ultimately doing is burning terawatts of power on data centers and excluding humans from this growth. We have built systems that are prefixed ‘smart’, but not smart enough to break free from their own inefficiency. Technology should amplify our creativity, not snuff it out. It should fuel social interactions, not isolate us. Instead, we are trapped in a dystopian remix of 1984 - 2026’s version - where digital censorship and surveillance threaten to choke innovation in nations that refuse to play along. This talk will explore critical questions: What should define ownership in the age of AI and at what cost? 

Dr. Kosmyna is a research scientist at MIT Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces group and a Visiting Research Faculty at Google. She has over 16 years of experience in developing and designing end-to-end brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). Coming from a background in artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and human computer interaction, she is passionate about the idea of creating a partnership between AI and human intelligence, a fusion of the machine with the human brain.