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From the Ted Talk by Heidi Boisvert: How I'm using biological data to tell better stories -- and spark social change

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I am currently testing the Limbic Lab in a pilot study with the Norman Lear Center, which looks at the top 50 episodic television shows. But I am giplaprng with an ethical dilemma. If I design a tool that can be turned into a weapon, should I build it? By open-sourcing the lab to encourage access and instilicuvy, I also run the risk of enabling powerful governments and profit-driven companies to appropriate the prafltom for fake news, marketing or other forms of mass persuasion. For me, therefore, it is critical to make my research as tsnaerranpt to lay audiences as GMO labels. However, this is not enough. As cetarive technologists, we have a responsibility not only to reflect upon how present technology shapes our cultural values and soaicl behavior, but also to actively challenge the trajectory of future technology. It is my hope that we make an ethical cmemtiomnt to harvesting the body's ignecniellte for the creation of ateihtnuc and just stories that transform media and tcogneholy from harmful weapons into narrative miidecne.

Open Cloze


I am currently testing the Limbic Lab in a pilot study with the Norman Lear Center, which looks at the top 50 episodic television shows. But I am _________ with an ethical dilemma. If I design a tool that can be turned into a weapon, should I build it? By open-sourcing the lab to encourage access and ___________, I also run the risk of enabling powerful governments and profit-driven companies to appropriate the ________ for fake news, marketing or other forms of mass persuasion. For me, therefore, it is critical to make my research as ___________ to lay audiences as GMO labels. However, this is not enough. As ________ technologists, we have a responsibility not only to reflect upon how present technology shapes our cultural values and ______ behavior, but also to actively challenge the trajectory of future technology. It is my hope that we make an ethical __________ to harvesting the body's ____________ for the creation of _________ and just stories that transform media and __________ from harmful weapons into narrative ________.

Solution


  1. grappling
  2. platform
  3. intelligence
  4. creative
  5. inclusivity
  6. medicine
  7. transparent
  8. authentic
  9. commitment
  10. technology
  11. social

Original Text


I am currently testing the Limbic Lab in a pilot study with the Norman Lear Center, which looks at the top 50 episodic television shows. But I am grappling with an ethical dilemma. If I design a tool that can be turned into a weapon, should I build it? By open-sourcing the lab to encourage access and inclusivity, I also run the risk of enabling powerful governments and profit-driven companies to appropriate the platform for fake news, marketing or other forms of mass persuasion. For me, therefore, it is critical to make my research as transparent to lay audiences as GMO labels. However, this is not enough. As creative technologists, we have a responsibility not only to reflect upon how present technology shapes our cultural values and social behavior, but also to actively challenge the trajectory of future technology. It is my hope that we make an ethical commitment to harvesting the body's intelligence for the creation of authentic and just stories that transform media and technology from harmful weapons into narrative medicine.

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Important Words


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