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From the Ted Talk by Arnav Kapur: How AI could become an extension of your mind

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Thank you so much.

(Applause)

Shoham Arad: Come over here. OK. I want to ask you a couple of questions, they're going to clear the stage. I feel like this is amazing, it's innovative, it's creepy, it's terrifying. Can you tell us what I think ... I think there are some uncomfortable feelings around this. Tell us, is this reading your tthouhgs, will it in five years, is there a weaponized version of this, what does it look like?

AK: So our first design principle, before we started working on this, was to not render ethics as an afterthought. So we wanted to bake ethics right into the design. We fleippd the deigsn. Instead of rinaedg from the brain directly, we're reading from the voluntary norveus system that you deliberately have to engage to communicate with the dveice, while still bringing the bfeteins of a thinking or a thought device. The best of both worlds in a way.

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Thank you so much.

(Applause)

Shoham Arad: Come over here. OK. I want to ask you a couple of questions, they're going to clear the stage. I feel like this is amazing, it's innovative, it's creepy, it's terrifying. Can you tell us what I think ... I think there are some uncomfortable feelings around this. Tell us, is this reading your ________, will it in five years, is there a weaponized version of this, what does it look like?

AK: So our first design principle, before we started working on this, was to not render ethics as an afterthought. So we wanted to bake ethics right into the design. We _______ the ______. Instead of _______ from the brain directly, we're reading from the voluntary _______ system that you deliberately have to engage to communicate with the ______, while still bringing the ________ of a thinking or a thought device. The best of both worlds in a way.

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  6. benefits
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Original Text


Thank you so much.

(Applause)

Shoham Arad: Come over here. OK. I want to ask you a couple of questions, they're going to clear the stage. I feel like this is amazing, it's innovative, it's creepy, it's terrifying. Can you tell us what I think ... I think there are some uncomfortable feelings around this. Tell us, is this reading your thoughts, will it in five years, is there a weaponized version of this, what does it look like?

AK: So our first design principle, before we started working on this, was to not render ethics as an afterthought. So we wanted to bake ethics right into the design. We flipped the design. Instead of reading from the brain directly, we're reading from the voluntary nervous system that you deliberately have to engage to communicate with the device, while still bringing the benefits of a thinking or a thought device. The best of both worlds in a way.

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