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SUMMARY:UFS AI COP: Your Brain on ChatGPT
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CONTACT:asld@ufs.ac.za
DESCRIPTION:\nJoin 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 rai
 ses in today's world. \n\n\n \n\n\nPresentation title: Your Brain on Ch
 atGPT \n\n\n \n\n\nBiography: \n\n\nFor millions of years\, human intel
 ligence 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 pu
 shed civilization into overdrive\, yet what we are ultimately doing is b
 urning terawatts of power on data centers and excluding humans from this
  growth. We have built systems that are prefixed ‘smart’\, but not sm
 art enough to break free from their own inefficiency. Technology should am
 plify our creativity\, not snuff it out. It should fuel social interaction
 s\, 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 exp
 lore critical questions: What should define ownership in the age of AI and
  at what cost? \n\n\n \n\n\nDr. Kosmyna is a research scientist at MIT
  Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces group and a Visiting Research Faculty at G
 oogle. She has over 16 years of experience in developing and designing end
 -to-end brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). Coming from a background in arti
 ficial intelligence\, neuroscience\, and human computer interaction\, she 
 is passionate about the idea of creating a partnership between AI and huma
 n intelligence\, a fusion of the machine with the human brain. \n\n\n \n
 \n\nhttps://events.ufs.ac.za/event/39785/
LOCATION:Online
URL:https://events.ufs.ac.za/event/39785/
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